Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary
Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary
FREDERICK CHRISTIAN LEWIS (1779-1856)
Study of a male head
published 1 May 1818Crayon-manner with etching | 36.3 x 28.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851366
A print after a drawing by Raphael formerly in the collection of J. Malcolm, Esq., and now in the British Museum, London (inv. no.1895,0915.610). Lettered with production details. Published in W.Y. Ottley's 'Italian School of Design', London 1823. A photograph of the original drawing at RCIN 851365.
The drawing is a study of the head of St Thomas 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)
Frederick Christian Lewis (1779-1856) (etcher)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Ottley, W.Y.: Kensington (publisher)
36.3 x 28.1 cm (sheet of paper)
28.5 x 21.4 cm (image)
34.8 x 26.2 cm (platemark)
RAFFAELLO SANZIO DI URBINO.
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.586, no.45 (Knab/Mitsch/Oberhuber 1983 : Raffaello. I disegni 1983 : I disegni. (Catalogo dei Disegni a cura di Oberhuber, Ferino Pagden, Huber), Florence 1983)
p.145, no.50 (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
