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    AFTER PIETRO PERUGINO (CITTÀ DELLA PIEVE C. 1450-FONTIGNANO 1523)

    A lute player

    c.1853-76

    Albumen print | 15.3 x 19.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850506

    A photograph of a drawing depicting a lute player now in the Biblioteca Reale, Turin (inv. no.15736).

    • Creator(s)

      After Pietro Perugino (Città della Pieve c. 1450-Fontignano 1523) (artist)

    • 15.3 x 19.6 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

    • Subject(s)
      • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
        • Music
          • Musical instruments
            • Lutes
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      Bertini 1958 : Bertini, A. I disegni italiani della Biblioteca reale di Torino : catalogo, 1958 p.50, no.372

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.42 D.XVIII.2

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