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A study for The Massacre of the Innocents
c. 1857Albumen print? | RCIN 2864390
A photograph of a red chalk drawing by Raphael (c. 1510-1511) depicting 'The Massacre of the Innocents' now in the Royal Library, Windsor (RCIN 912737).
This drawing is a study for an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi (see RCIN 850413 for the print). This drawing features a design for a salver on the verso: see RCIN 854250 for a photograph of the verso.
'The Massacre of the Innocents' was produced during the early years of the collaboration between Marcantonio and Raphael; six drawings by Raphael related to this composition survive, though no painting is known. See also RCINs 850419, 850422, 850424 and 850425 for photographs of the other drawings.
A copy of this photograph (RCIN 850421) can be found in the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection, portfolio 5 (970564)
Creator(s)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68) (photographer)
- Acquire by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- People
- Children
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- People
Bibliographic reference(s)
Clayton 1999 : Clayton, M. Raphael and his Circle. Drawings from Windsor Castle, London pp.80-85, no. 20 recto
P&W : Popham, A.E. & Wilde, J., 1949. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London p. 310-311, no. 0793
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p. 205, no. 288r
Shoemaker/Broun 1981 : I. Shoemaker and E. Broun. The Engravings of Marcantonio Raimondi: Spencer Museum of Art; The Ackland Art Museum, 1981 pp.96-99, no. 21; pp.108-109, no. 26
Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p. 172, no. VI.1-2 (entries written by Stefania Massari)
