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

AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

Study of an angel holding a tablet

1860

Albumen print | 23.3 x 15.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2864178

A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1510) now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. Pl.433). The drawing is a study for the angel to the right of the allegorical figure of Theology, depicted in a roundel on the vault of the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. A photograph of the roundel can be found at RCIN 852612.

A copy of this photograph (RCIN 852618) can be found in the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection, portfolio 27 (970586)

  • Creator(s)

    After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

    Attributed to Robert Jefferson Bingham (1825-70) (photographer)

  • 23.3 x 15.6 cm (image)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Angels, demons, devils, saints
            • Angels
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Italy
          • Lazio [Italy]
            • Rome [Lazio]
              • Vatican City [Rome]
                • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                  • Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
                    • Vatican-Stanza della Segnatura-Ceiling
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford
    p.194, no.247

    Brejon de Lavergnée 1997 : Brejon de Lavergnée, B, 1997. Catalogue des dessins Italiens. Collections du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Paris
    p.187, no.536