Exhibitions and records of works of art
Prince Albert recognised the importance of photography to record and document notable exhibitions and works of art
Study of a male head, and other studies
1860Albumen print | 32.7 x 20.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2864171
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1500-01) formerly in the Wicar Museum, Lille, and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no.Pl 475). The principal drawing is a study for the head of St Nicholas in the 'Coronation of St Nicholas of Tolentino', the main panel of an altarpiece commissioned from Raphael by Andrea di Tommaso Baronci in 1500. The altarpiece, completed in 1501, was subsequently dismembered and survives only in four fragments (Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples, inv. no.50; Brescia, Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, inv no.149; Musée du Louvre, Paris, inv. no.RF 1981-55). Another study for the 'Coronation of St Nicholas' is on the recto side of the photographed drawing; see RCIN 851432.
A copy of this photograph (RCIN 851433) can be found in the Prince Consorts Raphael Collection, portfolio 15 (970574)
Creator(s)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Attributed to Robert Jefferson Bingham (1825-70) (photographer)
32.7 x 20.6 cm (image)
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Biological sciences
- Zoology
- Animals
- Birds
- Animals
- Zoology
- Biological sciences
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Architectural studies
- Architecture
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Bibliographic reference(s)
Chapman/Plazzotta/Henry 2004 : Chapman, H, Plazzotta, C, Henry, T. Raphael. From Urbino to Rome. London, 2004 pp.100-3, no.17v
Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp.98-105, under no.1
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.137, no.14v
Knab/Mitsch/Oberhuber 1983 : Raffaello. I disegni 1983 : I disegni. (Catalogo dei Disegni a cura di Oberhuber, Ferino Pagden, Huber), Florence 1983 p.582, no.13
