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AFTER? RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

The Annunciation

1858

Albumen print? | 14.9 x 29.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2864301

A photograph of a drawing depicting the Annunciation now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no. 180).

This drawing appears to be a study for a lunette and it is dubitatively catalogued by the Albertina as a study by Raphael for the Chigi Chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome (see Bibliographic References).

A copy of this photograph (RCIN 850404) can be found in the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection, portfolio 5 (970564)

  • Creator(s)

    After? Raphael (1483-1520) (draughtsman)

    After? Giovanni Francesco Penni (1496-c. 1536) (artist)

    Attributed to Florence : Alinari (photographer)

  • 14.9 x 29.4 cm (image)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Life of the Virgin Mary
            • Annunciation
          • God (Christianity)
            • God the Father
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Decorative motifs
        • Lunettes
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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