About the Artwork
Two Putti Mocking a Monkey
1532 or 1533
Master of the Die (Artist) Italian Raphael (Artist) Italian, 1483-1520
Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 8 1/4 × 11 1/4 inches (21 × 28.6 cm) Sheet: 9 1/4 × 12 1/4 inches (23.5 × 31.1 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S752
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, on die in lower right corner: B [artist's monogram]
Inscribed, in plate, lower left center: Tapezzerie del Papa Inscribed, lower center: .RAPHA. VR. IN. Inscribed, lower right center: ANT; lower right: LAFRERII . FORMIS Inscribed, upper right center of image: Gio. Iacomo Rossi formis Romae 1655
Provenance
December 1885, Kissam Sale. 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Master of the Die; after Raphael, Two Putti Mocking a Monkey, 1532 or 1533, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S752.
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