Hydra Corvus (Water-snake Raven) (after Baldassare Peruzzi)
Drawing
17th century (drawn)
17th century (drawn)
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One of 37 sheets with copies of frescoes and mosaics originally by several artists including Raphael, Gianfrancesco Penni, Francesco Salviati and other artists. They are copied from Santa Maria del Popolo, Santa Maria della Pace and the Villa Farnesina, Rome.
A depiction of 'Hydra Corvus (Water-snake Raven)' with a partially nude female figure lounging back on a cloud. She is holding what could be a shield which has a depiction of a tree with a snake coiled up the tree, and a raven on the top of it.
A depiction of 'Hydra Corvus (Water-snake Raven)' with a partially nude female figure lounging back on a cloud. She is holding what could be a shield which has a depiction of a tree with a snake coiled up the tree, and a raven on the top of it.
Object details
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| Title | Hydra Corvus (Water-snake Raven) (after Baldassare Peruzzi) (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, over black chalk, heightened with white, on paper prepared with brownish-grey wash |
| Brief description | Drawing 'Hydra Corvus (Water-snake Raven) (after Baldassare Peruzzi)', Anonymous Flemish(?), pen and brown ink, 17th century |
| Physical description | One of 37 sheets with copies of frescoes and mosaics originally by several artists including Raphael, Gianfrancesco Penni, Francesco Salviati and other artists. They are copied from Santa Maria del Popolo, Santa Maria della Pace and the Villa Farnesina, Rome. A depiction of 'Hydra Corvus (Water-snake Raven)' with a partially nude female figure lounging back on a cloud. She is holding what could be a shield which has a depiction of a tree with a snake coiled up the tree, and a raven on the top of it. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | Given by an anonymous donor to the museum, 3 October 1974 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2014), vol. II, cat. 622.2, p.561 |
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| Accession number | E.2150-1974 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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