Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary
Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary
Head and hands of a male figure
published 1858Crayon-manner, on tinted paper | 28.4 x 21.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851362
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)
Alphonse-Alexandre Leroy (1820-1902) (artist)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Saint Thomas28.4 x 21.2 cm (sheet of paper)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- visual works
Bibliographic reference(s)
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 no.4a
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.144, no.47r
Knab/Mitsch/Oberhuber 1983 : Raffaello. I disegni 1983 : I disegni. (Catalogo dei Disegni a cura di Oberhuber, Ferino Pagden, Huber), Florence 1983 p.586, no.47
Brejon 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.514r
Other number(s)
Ruland p.104 A.I.14