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A monkey holding a bound putto standing on a garland in front of which are two winged putti, from a series of tapestries made for Leo X

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints

A monkey holding a bound putto standing on a garland in front of which are two winged putti, from a series of tapestries made for Leo X

Master of the Die|Antonio Lafreri|Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)

Date
1530–60
Medium
Engraving, second state of two
Dimensions
sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. (21 x 28.5 cm)
Object type
Print
Classification
Prints
Object number
49.97.333
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Original Met record Artist authority

Artist information

Italian, active Rome, ca. 1530–60|French, Orgelet, Franche-Comte ca. 1512–1577 Rome|Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome

Subjects and terms

  • Birds
  • Garlands
  • Putti
  • Monkeys
  • Turtles

The Met object ID 396428. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.