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Two Putti Mocking a Monkey c.1530-35
Engraving | 20.9 x 28.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853319
Master of the Die (active 1530-60)
Two Putti Mocking a Monkey c.1530-35
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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 right). 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 853320. The three other engravings from the Master of the Die’s series can be found at RCINs 853313, 853316, 853321. For further discussion about the Giuochi di Putti tapestry set, see Bibliographic References.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving
Measurements
20.9 x 28.0 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 pp.137-8, no.II.3 (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) pp.606-11
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
