Exhibitions and records of works of art
Prince Albert recognised the importance of photography to record and document notable exhibitions and works of art
The head of a bearded man wearing a hat
1860Albumen print | 14.9 x 10.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2864175
A photograph of a black chalk drawing by Raphael (c.1501-02) now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no.488). The drawing is a preparatory study for the head of St Jerome in the 'Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Francis' by Raphael now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin (inv. no.145). See RCIN 850640 for a photograph of the Berlin painting.
A copy of this photograph (RCIN 850641) can be found in the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection, portfolio 8 (970567)
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Attributed to Robert Jefferson Bingham (1825-70) (photographer)
14.9 x 10.5 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.178, no. 512Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford
p. 139, no. 25
