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Exhibitions and records of works of art

Prince Albert recognised the importance of photography to record and document notable exhibitions and works of art

AFTER A WORK ATTRIBUTED TO RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

A study of Apollo

1858

Albumen 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 (Urbino 1483-Rome 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)
  • 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