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Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary

Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary

AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

Head and hands of a male figure

c.1853-76

Albumen print | 26.3 x 19.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851361

A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1502-03) formerly in the Wicar Museum, Lille and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no.Pl 440). The drawing is a study for the figure of St Thomas, looking upwards and holding the girdle, in 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' at RCINs 851349, 851350, 851351.
  • Creator(s)

    After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

  • 26.3 x 19.8 cm (sheet of paper)

  • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    p.144, no.47r (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
    p.586, no.47 (Knab/Mitsch/Oberhuber 1983 : Raffaello. I disegni 1983 : I disegni. (Catalogo dei Disegni a cura di Oberhuber, Ferino Pagden, Huber), Florence 1983)
    pp.178-9, no.514r (Brejon de Lavergnée 1997 : Brejon de Lavergnée, B, 1997. Catalogue des dessins Italiens. Collections du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Paris)