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Putti Playing c.1530-60
Engraving | 18.4 x 27.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853311
Master of the Die (active 1530-60)
Putti Playing c.1530-60
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A print after a design thought to be related to a set of tapestries traditionally known as the Giuochi di putti, most likely designed by Giovanni da Udine (perhaps with Raphael's involvement in the conception of the set) and woven in Flanders for Pope Leo X. First state. Signed with engraver's monogram (a die with the letter B, lower right).
A later edition of this engraving bears the inscription: Tapezzerie del Papa (Tapestries of the Pope), which can also be found in the 1602 edition of a series of four engravings by the Master of the Die reproducing the composition of four tapestries from the Giuochi di putti set. See RCINs 853313-22. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
A reversed anonymous copy of this engraving, signed with the engraver's monogram F.H., can be found at RCIN 853312.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving
Measurements
18.4 x 27.7 cm (sheet of paper)
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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.138, no.II.5 (entry by Stefania Massari)
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) p.606
Tapestry in the Renaissance 2002 : Tapestry in the Renaissance. Art and Magnificence, ed. Thomas P. Campbell, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2002 pp.229-33
