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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

    GIORGIO GHISI (1520-82)

    Venus and Vulcan

    c.1540-1580

    Engraving | 28.5 x 20.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851783

    An engraving after a design which Bartsch ascribes to Perino del Vaga. Signed with engraver's monogram on tablet at lower right: GMF.

    • Creator(s)

      Giorgio Ghisi (1520-82) (engraver)

      After a work attributed to Perino del Vaga (Florence 1501-Rome 1547) (artist)

    • 28.5 x 20.9 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Added to 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
      • Science, Medicine and Technology
        • Engineering & Technology
          • Military engineering
            • Arms (weapons)
              • Arrows
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      pp.84-5 (The engravings of Giorgio Ghisi / introduction and entries by Suzanne Boorsch : catalogue raisonné by Michal and R.E. Lewis. )

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