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Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary

Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary

ALPHONSE-ALEXANDRE LEROY (1820-1902)

Two seated male figures

published 1858

Crayon-manner, on tinted paper | 24.3 x 19.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851355

A print after a drawing attributed on plate to Raphael, formerly in the Wicar Museum, Lille and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no.Pl. 441). Published in 'Choix de dessins de Raphael qui font partie de la collection Wicar à Lille', Paris 1858, plate IX. A photograph of the drawing at RCIN 851354. The drawing - the attribution of which is still disputed - is related to the central group of the 'Coronation of the Virgin', the main panel of the so-called 'Oddi Altarpiece' (or 'Pala Oddi') executed by Raphael in c.1502-03 and now in the Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City (inv. no.334).
  • Creator(s)

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

    After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

    After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

  • 24.3 x 19.9 cm (sheet of paper)

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Subject(s)
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Devotional Images of Christ
            • Coronation of the Virgin
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    p.144, no.47v (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)

    p.585, no.38 (Knab/Mitsch/Oberhuber 1983 : Raffaello. I disegni 1983 : I disegni. (Catalogo dei Disegni a cura di Oberhuber, Ferino Pagden, Huber), Florence 1983)

    F. Viatte, in Dessins; pp.186-7, no.22 (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)

    pp.178-9, no.514v (Brejon de Lavergnée 1997 : Brejon de Lavergnée, B, 1997. Catalogue des dessins Italiens. Collections du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Paris)