Head and hands of a male figure

published 1858

Crayon-manner, on tinted paper | 28.4 x 21.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851362

A print after 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). Published in 'Choix de dessins de Raphael qui font partie de la collection Wicar à Lille’, Paris 1858, plate VIII. 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.

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Alphonse-Alexandre Leroy (1820-1902) (artist)

After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
28.4 x 21.2 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Bibliographic reference(s)
no.4a (Hattori 2007: Hattori, C, D'après les maîtres: Léonard de Vinci, Raphael, Watteau, Goya, Courbet...La gravure d'interprétation d'Alphonse Leroy (1820-1902) à Omer Bouchery (1882-1962), Lille, 2007)

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)

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Head and hands of a male figure

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