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Two Putti Mocking a Monkey

Master of the Die (fl. 1525-1560, Italian) after Raphael (1483-1520, Italian) or Giovanni da Udine (1487-1564, Italian)

Engraving on laid paper

Master of the Die, Two Putti Mocking a Monkey

Master of the Die
Two Putti Mocking a Monkey

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Description

Date: 1532
Medium: Engraving on laid paper after Raphael or Giovanni da Udine from a set of tapestries for Pope Leo X
Dimensions: 212 x 294 mm. 8 3/8 x 11 5/8 in.
Reference: Bartsch 34, only state
Signature: Signed with the artist's mark, a small die, lower right
Provenance: Private collection, New York
Impression: Extraordinarily rich, early, dark impression; still showing the wiping scratches from the plate
Condition: With margins all around; remnants of old hinges verso; no tears, repairs or patches