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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

AFTER GIULIO DI ANTONIO BONASONE (C. 1498-C. 1580)

Venus and Cupid

c.1515-1580

Engraving | 22.2 x 11.2 cm (actual print) (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851671

A reversed anonymous copy after an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi (RCIN 851670: after a design by Raphael). Not listed in Ruland's Raphael Collection catalogue (1876).
  • Creator(s)

    After Giulio di Antonio Bonasone (c. 1498-c. 1580) (engraver)

    After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

  • 22.2 x 11.2 cm (actual print) (sheet of paper)

    25.0 x 14.2 cm (backing sheet) (sheet of paper)

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)

  • Subject(s)
    • Language, Linguistics and Literature
      • Literature
        • Fiction
          • Tales & legends
            • Myths
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Religions of antiquity
          • Classical mythology
            • Venus (mythology)
            • Cupid
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.243, under no.II.7

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.127 C.II.1a(add)