AGOSTINO DEI MUSI (C. 1490-AFTER 1536)

Venus reclining on a Dolphin

c.1515-20

Engraving | 16.8 x 25.1 cm (actual print) (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851774

An engraving after a design traditionally reputed to be by Raphael, and now generally regarded as by his school (Giulio Romano?). Second state, not described in Bartsch. Laid down onto a sheet with annotations in pencil. Not listed in Ruland's Raphael Collection catalogue (1876). A first state impression of this print at RCIN 851773.

Creator(s)

Agostino dei Musi (c. 1490-after 1536) (engraver)

After a work by the school of Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

Antonio Salamanca (1500-62) (publisher)
annotation: 2.o state Agos. Veneziano. f [backing sheet, front, in pencil]

annotation: Pf 17. D XIX 1a [backing sheet, back, in pencil]
16.8 x 25.1 cm (actual print) (sheet of paper)

18.8 x 27.2 cm (backing paper) (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
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
  Biological sciences
  Zoology
  Animals
  Mythical creatures
  Sea monsters
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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.245, no.V.1

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Ruland p.133 D.XXIX.1a(add)

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Venus reclining on a Dolphin

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