Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary
Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary
AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)
Head and hands of a male figure
c.1853-76Albumen 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 (1483-1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Saint Thomas26.3 x 19.8 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- visual works
Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford
p.144, no.47rKnab/Mitsch/Oberhuber 1983 : Raffaello. I disegni 1983 : I disegni. (Catalogo dei Disegni a cura di Oberhuber, Ferino Pagden, Huber), Florence 1983
p.586, no.47Brejon 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.514rOther number(s)
Ruland p.104 A.I.13
