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A study of Apollo
1858Albumen print? | RCIN 2864349
A photograph of a red-chalk drawing now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.218), where it is catalogued as by Raphael (c.1518). The study is of the nude figure of Apollo for the Banquet of the Gods from the vault of the entrance loggia of the Farnesina, Agostino Chigi's villa in Rome, which was frescoed with mythological subjects by Raphael's workshop c.1518. Annotation on the verso.
For further information see RCIN 853975, a copy of this photograph in the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection, portfolio 43 (970603)
Creator(s)
After a work attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Attributed to Florence : Alinari (photographer)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religions of antiquity
- Classical mythology
- Apollo (myth)
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p. 234 n. 401
Jones/Penny 1983 : Jones, R. and Penny, N. Raphael, 1983 pp.183-89
