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Annibale Carracci (Bologna 1560-Rome 1609)

The Birth of Venus and Cupid riding a dolphin

RCIN 902290

The Birth of Venus and Cupid riding a dolphin

Annibale Carracci (Bologna 1560-Rome 1609)

The Birth of Venus and Cupid riding a dolphin

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Description

Perhaps representations from the Bathroom of Cardinal Bibiena, Vatican, known in an engraving by Marco Dente
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Creator(s)

Search the collection Annibale Carracci (Bologna 1560-Rome 1609)
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Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
Subject(s)
Religion & Theology
Religions and faiths
Religions of antiquity
Classical mythology
Venus (mythology)
Cupid
References

Other number(s)

RL 02290

W(C) : Wittkower, R., 1952. The Drawings of the Carracci in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen at Windsor Castle, London – W(C) 423

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