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拍品专文
The engraving is based on a lost design by Raphael, probably used by Giulio Romano for his fresco on the south wall of the so-called Stufetta of Cardinal Bibbiena - a small room in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican, which served as a washroom for the cardinal. The Stufetta was frescoed by Raphael's workshop around 1516 with mythological subjects from Ovid's Metamorphosis, inspired by interior decorations of the Domus Aurea built by Emperor Nero after the great fire of Rome in 64 AD.
A closely related drawing by Giulio Romano is the in the Royal Collection (inv. no. RCIN 912757). The figure of Venus, rendered with remarkable sculptural quality, was in turn inspired by a marble sculpture in the Chiaramonti Museum in the Vatican. Somewhat incongruously, a group of buildings in the Venetian style and situated on the shores of a lagoon can be seen in the background at left. Such landscapes, undoubtedly inspired by Giorgione and Giulio Campagnola, are a recurrent element of Agostino's early Florentine and Roman prints.
A closely related drawing by Giulio Romano is the in the Royal Collection (inv. no. RCIN 912757). The figure of Venus, rendered with remarkable sculptural quality, was in turn inspired by a marble sculpture in the Chiaramonti Museum in the Vatican. Somewhat incongruously, a group of buildings in the Venetian style and situated on the shores of a lagoon can be seen in the background at left. Such landscapes, undoubtedly inspired by Giorgione and Giulio Campagnola, are a recurrent element of Agostino's early Florentine and Roman prints.