Old Testament subjects
Old Testament subjects
Hercules killing the lion
c.1853-1876Albumen print | 23.2 x 17.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850187
Ferino Pagden (see Bibliographic References) gives an account of the controversial scholarly opinions on the source for this drawing, suggesting that this could be a study by the young Raphael derived from compositions by Antonio del Pollaiuolo.
This drawing is part of the so-called "Libretto di Raffaello" or "Libretto Veneziano", 53 sheets that used to be mounted in a volume. After complicated negotiations, the sketchbook was bought by the Accademia in the 1820s, after the death of Giuseppe Bossi, who was its previous owner. A number of scholars debated the author of the drawings (with many names proposed, such as Pinturicchio, Antonio da Viterbo, Eusebio del Giorgio, Girolamo Genga) and their date. In 1984, the drawings were catalogued as by an artist contemporary to Raphael, whose juvenile works he copied in this sketchbook (see Bibliographic References).
Creator(s)
After? Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
23.2 x 17.0 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religions of antiquity
- Classical mythology
- Hercules
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mammals
- Carnivorous mammals
- Felines
- Lions
- Felines
- Carnivorous mammals
- Mammals
- Animals
- Zoology
- Religion & Theology