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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

Study of a standing woman holding a cloth

c.1860-76

Carbon print | RCIN 851741

A photograph of a drawing formerly attributed to Raphael. Ruland (1876) interpreted the drawing as a study for Andromeda and catalogued it as being then in the collection of the late August Grahl (1791-1868), Dresden.
  • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)