Mythology & Putti
AFTER A WORK COPYING MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI (CAPRESE 1475-ROME 1564)
Two children wrestling
c.1853-76Albumen print | 17.5 x 10.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851908
A photograph of a drawing now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. Pl 494). The drawing, formerly attributed to Raphael or to a member of his circle, has been identified by Pluchart (1889) as a copy after Michelangelo's wrestling putti painted on the left of the Libyan Sibyl in the Sistine Chapel. Ruland (1876) catalogued the drawing as being then in the Wicar Museum, Lille.
This drawing features a study of a nude man on the verso (see RCIN 854324 for a photograph of the verso).
This drawing features a study of a nude man on the verso (see RCIN 854324 for a photograph of the verso).
Creator(s)
After a work copying Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese 1475-Rome 1564) (artist)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
17.5 x 10.7 cm (sheet of paper)
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- People
- Children
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Biological sciences
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mythical creatures
- Putti
- Mythical creatures
- Animals
- Zoology
- Biological sciences
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- People
Bibliographic reference(s)
Brejon de Lavergnée 1997 : Brejon de Lavergnée, B, 1997. Catalogue des dessins Italiens. Collections du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Paris pp.332-3, no.832r
Other number(s)
Ruland p.142 B.I.1
