Mythology & Putti
Mythology & Putti
LOUISE CHARLOTTE SOYER
Venus and Vulcan
published 1803Etching | 26.6 x 20.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851784
An outline-etching reproducing the composition of an engraving by Giorgio Ghisi (RCIN 851783: after a lost design attributed to Perino del Vaga). The present print credits Raphael as the inventor of the composition. Lettered with titles and production details. Published in C.P. Landon, 'Vie et Œuvre complète de Raphaël Sanzio', 1803, plate 322.
Creator(s)
Louise Charlotte Soyer (etcher)
After Giorgio Ghisi (1520-82) (engraver)
26.6 x 20.0 cm (sheet of paper)
16.0 x 11.4 cm (image)
18.8 x 14.2 cm (platemark)
Vénus et Vulcain. / Venus und Vulcan. / Venus and Vulcan.
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
- Literature
- Fiction
- Tales & legends
- Myths
- Tales & legends
- Fiction
- Literature
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religions of antiquity
- Classical mythology
- Venus (mythology)
- Cupid
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Arrows
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Engineering & Technology
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
