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Tapestries

Tapestries

MASTER OF THE DIE (ACTIVE 1530-60)

Two Putti striking Another who is squeezing a Child

c.1530-35

Engraving | 20.4 x 28.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853321

A print from a series of four engravings reproducing the composition of four tapestries from a twenty-piece set known as the ‘Giuochi di putti’, most likely designed by Giovanni da Udine (perhaps with Raphael's involvement in its conception) and woven in Flanders for Pope Leo X. This impression is generally described as a second state. Signed with engraver’s monogram (a die with the letter B, lower left). Lettered with attribution of the design to Raphael and Antoine Lafréry’s address. According to Bartsch, the first state bears the engraver’s signature, but is without further inscriptions. Massari (in Raphael Invenit 1985) dated the series to c.1532. For a late state, see RCIN 853322. The three other engravings from the Master of the Die’s series can be found at RCINs 853313, 853316, 853319. For further discussion about the ‘Giuochi di Putti’ tapestry set, see Bibliographic References.
  • Creator(s)

    Master of the Die (active 1530-60) (engraver)

    Giovanni da Udine (c. 1487-1564) (designer)

    Associated with Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)

    Antonio Lafreri (1512-77) (publisher)

  • 20.4 x 28.0 cm (sheet of paper)

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Subject(s)
    • Putti
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Decorative techniques & surface decoration
        • Floral decorations
          • Garlands
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    pp.137-8, no.II.4 (entry by Stefania Massari) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
    pp.606-11 (Cordellier/Py 1992 : Raphael : son atelier, ses copistes, 1992 / par Dominique Cordellier et Bernadette Py, Paris (Inventaire general des dessins Italiens ; V / sous la direction de Francoise Viatte))
    pp.229-33 (Tapestry in the Renaissance 2002 : Tapestry in the Renaissance. Art and Magnificence, ed. Thomas P. Campbell, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2002)