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Exhibitions and records of works of art

Prince Albert recognised the importance of photography to record and document notable exhibitions and works of art

AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

The head of a bearded man wearing a hat

1860

Albumen 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 (1483-1520) (artist)

    Attributed to Robert Jefferson Bingham (1825-70) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Saint Jerome (c. 347-420)
  • 14.9 x 10.5 cm (image)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
  • 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. 512

    Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p. 139, no. 25