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Prince Albert recognised the importance of photography to record and document notable exhibitions and works of art
Studies for the Massacre of the Innocents
1858Albumen print? | 16.4 x 28.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2864302
A photograph of a red chalk drawing by Raphael (c.1510) depicting studies for 'The Massacre of the Innocents' now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.253r). This drawing features a study for Astronomy on the verso. See RCIN 852653 for a photograph of the verso.
This drawing is a study related to an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi (see RCIN 850413 for the print).
'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, 850421, 850422 and 850425 in the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection for photographs of the other drawings.
A copy of this photograph (RCIN 850424) can be found in the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection, portfolio 5 (970564)
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Attributed to Florence : Alinari (photographer)
16.4 x 28.5 cm (image)
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford
p.195, no.253vShoemaker/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. 26Raphael 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)
