Search "" as a keyword...
Filter suggestionsContinue typing to see suggestions...
Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

FERDINAND RUSCHEWEYH (1785-1846)

Study of the figure of St Joseph

dated 1806

Etching | 26.1 x 13.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850922

A print after a drawing attributed to G.F. Penni now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.235). The drawing connects with the figure of St Joseph in the so-called ‘Madonna del Divino Amore’ (c.1516), a painting currently attributed to Raphael’s workshop and now in the Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples (inv. no.146, see RCIN 850910). Showing a full-length standing male figure, in profile to the right, wrapped in a cloak. Ruland believed the drawing to be by Raphael.
  • Creator(s)

    Ferdinand Ruscheweyh (1785-1846) (etcher)

    After a work attributed to Giovanni Francesco Penni (1496-c. 1536) (artist)

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

  • 26.1 x 13.6 cm (sheet of paper)

    25.3 x 12.8 cm (platemark)

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    p.144, no.84 (Oberhuber/Gnann 1999 : Roma e lo stile classico di Raffaello, 1515-1527 / a cura di Konrad Oberhuber ; catalogo di Achim Gnann, 1999)

    under no.46; fig.89 (Henry/Joannides 2012 : Late Raphael, 2012. Edited by T. Henry and P. Joannides)

    pp. 247-251, no. A8 (Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 )