Astronomy: Venus in her chariot, drawn by doves. Engraving by C. Lasinio after Raphael, 1516.

  • Raphael, 1483-1520.
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46386i
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I sette pianeti dipinti da Raffaele d'Urbino nella Sala Borgia del Vaticano.
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[Rome]

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1 print : engraving

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Venus. Orta salo, suscepta solo, patre edita coelo, Alma Venus, noctem tremula quae luce serenas. Ovid. Metam. Raphael Urbinas pinxit. ; Carlo Lasinio inc. The first line of the quotation purportedly from Ovid's Metamorphoses is from Ausonius, Epigram 52

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G.B. Pezzini, S. Massari, S.P. Valenti Rodinò, Raphael invenit, Roma: Edizioni Quasar, 1985, pp. 128, 556

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Wellcome Collection 46386i

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After: a roundel in the ceiling painting (based on drawings by Raphael) of the Sala Borgia in the Vatican

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