History & Battles
History & Battles
JOHANN GOTTLIEB PRESTEL (1739-1808)
A Fight Scene
published 1779Etching | 61.1 x 46.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852250
A facsimile etching of a drawing currently in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.226), formerly attributed to Raphael, but no longer thought to be by him. Published in J.G. Prestel, 'Dessins des meilleurs peintres des Pais-Bas d'Allemagne et d'Italie du Cabinet de Monsieur G.T. Schmidt', Vienna 1779, plate 20. Another impression can be found at RCIN 852249. Ruland connected the drawing with a sheet now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. Pl 430), a photograph of which can be found at RCIN 852247.
This impression - which was not listed in Ruland (1876) - bears an engraved inscription pasted on the back, ascribing the drawing to Raphael and describing it as a study for the painting of 'La Descente des Sarrasins au Port d'Ostie'. According to the inscription, the drawing was then in the collection of the Prince Charles de Ligne at Bruxelles.
Creator(s)
Johann Gottlieb Prestel (1739-1808) (etcher)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
H.S.H. (active 18C) (publisher)
Z 234 [digits underlined]
2528
Pf. 22 VII A 3a
61.1 x 46.3 cm (sheet of paper)
37.4 x 28.1 cm (image)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- War operations
- Battles
- War operations
- Cavalry
- Cavalry soldiers
- Infantry & Foot troops
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Horses
- Cavalry horses
- Horses
- Animal husbandry
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Social sciences
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.156, under no.54 (Raphael in der Albertina 1983 : aus Anlass des 500. Geburtstages des Künstlers, Vienna 1983)
