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    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 (1483-1520) (artist)

      Subject(s)

      Saint Joseph

    • 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)

    • Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • prints
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

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

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

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

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.72 A.XXX.11

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