Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary
Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary
AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
Study of a male head
c.1853-76Albumen print | 26.2 x 20.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851365
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael formerly in the collection of J. Malcolm, Esq. and now in the British Museum, London (inv. no.1895,0915.610). 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)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
26.2 x 20.4 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.145, no.50 (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
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)
