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Prince Albert recognised the importance of photography to record and document notable exhibitions and works of art
Study of three feet
1860Albumen print | 30.2 x 20.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2864183
A photograph of the verso of a drawing by Raphael (c.1510) now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no.Pl 446). The upper feet connect with the figure often identified as Horace, standing in the lower right corner of Raphael's fresco of Parnassus, painted in c.1510-11 in the the Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican. The lower study is for the right foot of the figure standing to the left of 'Horace', holding a finger on his lips. A photograph of the recto can be found at RCIN 852509.
A copy of this photograph (RCIN 852507) can be found in the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection, portfolio 25 (970584)
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Attributed to Robert Jefferson Bingham (1825-70) (photographer)
30.2 x 20.8 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.191, no.236rBrejon de Lavergnée 1997 : Brejon de Lavergnée, B, 1997. Catalogue des dessins Italiens. Collections du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Paris
p.188, no.538v
