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New Testament subjects

New Testament subjects

    AFTER BATTISTA FRANCO (C. 1510-1561)

    Various studies of figures

    c.1853-76

    Albumen print | 27.9 x 17.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850509

    A photograph of a drawing by Battista Franco now in the Teylers Museum, Haarlem. (inv. no. A 58).

    This drawing was traditionally attributed to Raphael and it depicts various studies for a Massacre of the Innocents and a sketch of a naked youth.

    • Creator(s)

      After Battista Franco (c. 1510-1561) (artist)

      After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (draughtsman)

    • 27.9 x 17.6 cm (sheet of paper)

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

    • Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      van Tuyll van Serooskerken 2000 : van Tuyll van Serooskerken, C., 2000. The Italian drawings of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in the Teyler Museum. pp. 425-426, no. 454

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.43 D.XX.1

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