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

AFTER A WORK PREVIOUSLY ATTRIBUTED TO RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

Two seated male figures

1860

Albumen print | 24.4 x 17.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2864167

A photograph of a drawing formerly in the Wicar Museum, Lille and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no.Pl. 441). The drawing - the attribution of which is still disputed - is related to the central group of the 'Coronation of the Virgin', the main panel of the so-called 'Oddi Altarpiece' (or 'Pala Oddi') executed by Raphael in c.1502-03 and now in the Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City (inv. no.334). Photographs of the 'Coronation of the Virgin' can be found at RCINs 851349, 851350, 851351.

A copy of this photograph (RCIN 851354) can be found in the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection, portfolio 14 (970573)
  • Creator(s)

    After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

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

  • 24.4 x 17.5 cm (image)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Social sciences
      • Ethnology
        • Public life
          • Coronations
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Devotional Images of Christ
            • Coronation of the Virgin
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.144, no.47v

    Knab/Mitsch/Oberhuber 1983 : Raffaello. I disegni 1983 : I disegni. (Catalogo dei Disegni a cura di Oberhuber, Ferino Pagden, Huber), Florence 1983 p.585, no.38

    Raphael dans les collections françaises 1983 : Hommage a Raphael. Raphael dans les collections françaises: (Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 15 novembre 1983-13 fevrier 1984), Paris F. Viatte, in Dessins; pp.186-7, no.22

    Brejon de Lavergnée 1997 : Brejon de Lavergnée, B, 1997. Catalogue des dessins Italiens. Collections du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Paris pp.178-9, no.514v