Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary
Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary
AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
Head and right forearm of a male figure playing a musical instrument
c.1853-76Albumen print | 27.6 x 19.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851359
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1502-03) now in the British Museum, London (inv. no.Pp,1.67). The drawing is a study for the figure of the angel on the extreme right in the upper half of the 'Coronation of the Virgin', the main panel of the so-called 'Oddi Altarpiece' (or 'Pala Oddi') painted 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)
27.6 x 19.3 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Angels
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.143, no.44 (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
p.585, no.40 (Knab/Mitsch/Oberhuber 1983 : Raffaello. I disegni 1983 : I disegni. (Catalogo dei Disegni a cura di Oberhuber, Ferino Pagden, Huber), Florence 1983)
