Studies of figures playing musical instruments

published 1858

Crayon-manner, on tinted paper | 25.2 x 28.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851358

A print after a drawing formerly in the Wicar Museum, Lille and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no.Pl 444). Published in 'Choix de dessins de Raphael qui font partie de la collection Wicar à Lille’, Paris 1858, plate XI. A photograph of the drawing can be found at RCIN 851357. The drawing is a preparatory study by Raphael (c.1502-03) for the figures of the angels playing musical instruments in the 'Coronation of the Virgin', the main panel of the so-called 'Oddi Altarpiece' (or 'Pala Oddi'), executed by the master in c.1502-03 and now in the Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City (inv. no.334).

Creator(s)

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

After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
25.2 x 28.5 cm (sheet of paper)

24.6 x 28.0 cm (platemark)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
  
  Religions and faiths
  
  Christianity
  
  Angels, demons, devils, saints
  
  Angels
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.143, no.43r (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)

p.585, no.39 (Knab/Mitsch/Oberhuber 1983 : Raffaello. I disegni 1983 : I disegni. (Catalogo dei Disegni a cura di Oberhuber, Ferino Pagden, Huber), Florence 1983)

pp.188-9, no.24 (Raphael dans les collections françaises 1983 : Hommage a Raphael. Raphael dans les collections françaises: (Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 15 novembre 1983-13 fevrier 1984), Paris)

p.180, no.517r (Brejon de Lavergnée 1997 : Brejon de Lavergnée, B, 1997. Catalogue des dessins Italiens. Collections du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Paris)

Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary

Studies of figures playing musical instruments

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