Other Frescoes
Other Frescoes
The Fourteen Amorini: Cupid with shield and helmet
c.1510-1540Engraving | 12.4 x 16.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854020
This is the second state of the print, with the publication details at the lower right corner. This print was known to Bartsch just in its first state, with no lettering and it is there attributed to Agostino Veneziano (see Bibliographic Reference).
The fresco decoration in the Farnesina illustrates the classical fable of Cupid and Psyche, a story which was also frequently used to decorate Florentine wedding chests. Raphael's fresco scheme comprises two primary scenes in the vault (painted to resemble tapestries), accompanied by a series of episodes painted in the pendentives. The whole is encompassed within a fictive pergola, which gives the viewer the impression of looking up into the heavens. Only the upper part of the loggia is painted (the vault and its supporting pendentives and spandrels).
Creator(s)
Agostino dei Musi (c. 1490-after 1536) (engraver)
After a work attributed to the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Antonio Salamanca (1500-62) (publisher)
12.4 x 16.9 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Putti
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religions of antiquity
- Classical mythology
- Cupid
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Armour
- Helmets
- Shields (armour)
- Armour
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Engineering & Technology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p. 154, n.20 (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
pp.183-89 (Jones/Penny 1983 : Jones, R. and Penny, N. Raphael, 1983)