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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

    AFTER A WORK COPYING RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

    Venus and Cupid standing in a niche

    c.1853-76

    Albumen print | 16.3 x 8.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851674

    A photograph of a drawing currently housed in the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett (inv. KdZ 21531). According to Ruland (1876), the drawing was formerly in the Royal Collection in Berlin. The drawing seems to copy 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.

    • Creator(s)

      After a work copying Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

      After a work copying Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534) (engraver)

    • 16.3 x 8.2 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

    • Subject(s)
      • Language, Linguistics and Literature
        • Literature
          • Fiction
            • Tales & legends
              • Myths
      • Religion & Theology
        • Religions and faiths
          • Religions of antiquity
            • Classical mythology
              • Venus (mythology)
              • Cupid
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