AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

Leda and the Swan

c.1860-76

Carbon print | 30.6 x 18.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851704

A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1507) now in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle (RCIN 912759). The drawing is a copy of Leonardo's composition of Leda and the Swan. A facsimile of the drawing, etched by Lewis and included in Original Designs of the Most Celebrated Masters of the Bolognese, Roman Florentine and Venetian Schools ... in His Majesty's collection (1812) can be found at RCIN 851705.

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After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
30.6 x 18.8 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
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- Language, Linguistics and Literature
  Literature
  Fiction
  Tales & legends
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Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.156, no.98

Clayton 1999 : Clayton, M. Raphael and his Circle. Drawings from Windsor Castle, London pp.57-9, no.12

P&W : Popham, A.E. & Wilde, J., 1949. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London no. 0789

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Ruland p.129 C.XIV.1

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Leda and the Swan

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