Architecture
Raphael's career as an architect saw him work on St Peter's Basilica, Vatican
AFTER A WORK ATTRIBUTED TO GIOVANNI DA UDINE (C. 1487-1564)
A study of acanthus
c.1853-1876Albumen print | 25.5 x 17.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854215
A photograph of a pen and ink drawing depicting acanthus leaves now in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (inv. no. NMH 307/1863), where it is attributed to Giovanni da Udine. Annotated on the verso.
The online catalogue of the Nationalmuseum of Sweden (see Bibliographic References) notes that the drawing has some of the vitality of the acanthus scrolls in the Vatican Logge and that similar motifs can be found in the so-called Raphael Sketchbook in the Earl of Leicester's collection at Holkham Hall.
The online catalogue of the Nationalmuseum of Sweden (see Bibliographic References) notes that the drawing has some of the vitality of the acanthus scrolls in the Vatican Logge and that similar motifs can be found in the so-called Raphael Sketchbook in the Earl of Leicester's collection at Holkham Hall.
Creator(s)
After a work attributed to Giovanni da Udine (c. 1487-1564) (draughtsman)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (draughtsman)
right bottom
25.5 x 17.2 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-1876)
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Decorative motifs
- Grotesques
- Decorative motifs
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
