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MARCANTONIO RAIMONDI (C. 1480-1534)
A scene from a bas-relief
c.1510-1520Engraving | 15.0 x 17.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854611
An engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi depicting two fauns carrying a child in a basket. Trimmed within the platemark.
This engraving has been catalogued by the British Museum (see Bibliographic References) as showing the right-hand end of a sarcophagus, now in the National Museum in Naples, but at the time of this print in Palazzo Venezia, Rome. Shoemaker (see Bibliographic References) dates the engraving depicting the two fauns c.1513-1515 and as probably based on a drawing by Raphael of the sarcophagus scene. Marcantonio used the front of the same sarcophagus as a basis for an engraving depicting a Bacchanal (see Bibliographic References).
This engraving has been catalogued by the British Museum (see Bibliographic References) as showing the right-hand end of a sarcophagus, now in the National Museum in Naples, but at the time of this print in Palazzo Venezia, Rome. Shoemaker (see Bibliographic References) dates the engraving depicting the two fauns c.1513-1515 and as probably based on a drawing by Raphael of the sarcophagus scene. Marcantonio used the front of the same sarcophagus as a basis for an engraving depicting a Bacchanal (see Bibliographic References).
Creator(s)
Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534) (engraver)
15.0 x 17.8 cm (sheet of paper)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Biological sciences
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mythical creatures
- Fauns (mythical creatures)
- Mythical creatures
- Animals
- Zoology
- Biological sciences
- People
- Children
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Bibliographic reference(s)
Shoemaker/Broun 1981 : I. Shoemaker and E. Broun. The Engravings of Marcantonio Raimondi: Spencer Museum of Art; The Ackland Art Museum, 1981 pp. 102-103, no. 23
Other number(s)
Ruland p. 349 B.XVIII.1
