Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary
Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary
AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)
Study of a male head
c.1853-76Albumen print | 9.6 x 7.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851367
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no. WA1846.156 r). The drawing is a study for one of the heads of the Apostles (St James?) in the Coronation of the Virgin, the main panel of the 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)
9.6 x 7.0 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.45r
Knab/Mitsch/Oberhuber 1983 : Raffaello. I disegni 1983 : I disegni. (Catalogo dei Disegni a cura di Oberhuber, Ferino Pagden, Huber), Florence 1983 p.585, no.42
Other number(s)
Ruland p.104 A.I.19
