Exhibitions and records of works of art
Prince Albert recognised the importance of photography to record and document notable exhibitions and works of art
Head of a woman
1860Albumen print | 29 x 21.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2864158
A photograph of a drawing formerly in the Wicar Museum, Lille, and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no.487). The drawing connects with the figure of the Virgin in the so-called ‘La Perla’, a painting now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid (inv. no.301) generally ascribed to Giulio Romano (c.1518-19), possibly after a design by Raphael. The drawing reproduced in this print is now generally thought to be a copy after either a preparatory drawing/cartoon for the painting, or after the painting itself. For a photograph of the painting, see RCIN 851004.
Showing the head and shoulders of a woman, with a cloth wrapped around her head, looking down to the left.
A copy of this photograph (RCIN 851012) can be found in the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection, portfolio 11 (970570)
Creator(s)
After? Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
After? The Workshop of Raphael (artist)
Attributed to Robert Jefferson Bingham (1825-70) (photographer)
29 x 21.5 cm (image)
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Bibliographic reference(s)
Brejon de Lavergnée 1997 : Brejon de Lavergnée, B, 1997. Catalogue des dessins Italiens. Collections du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Paris
p. 199, no. 558Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520
pp. 183-189, no. 64
