Agostino Veneziano (1510-1536 (fl.))
Agostino Veneziano (1510-1536) - Venus reclining on a dolphin / Description: Venus reclining on a dolphin upon whose head she rests her right arm; she is followed by Eros carrying a torch with both hands; a butterfly flies in the upper centre of the engraving made by: Agostino Veneziano, published by Antonio Salamanca. After a Raphael School drawing (Giulio Romano?) likely inspired by a classical sarcophagus. / Dimensions: 16,90 x 25,30 cm Good strong impression on laid paper trimmed on plate border. / Literature: Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (XIV.192.239) --- For further discussion see G. Becatti 'Raffaello e l'antico' in "Raffaelo, l'opera, le fonti, la fortuna," (Novara, II, 1968), pp. 307-429.
