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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

    Venus and Cupid standing in a niche

    c.1853-76

    Albumen print | RCIN 851673

    A photograph of a drawing listed by Ruland (1876) as being then in the collection of the late Professor August Grahl (1791-1868), Dresden. The drawing reproduces a composition known through an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi (after a Raphael design), an impression of which can be found at RCIN 851670; a reversed anonymous copy after it at RCIN 851671.
    • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

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