Old Testament subjects
Old Testament subjects
AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
The Temptation of Adam, and a reclining child
c.1853-1876Albumen print | 31.4 x 24.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850176
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1506-1507) now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no. WA1846.180 verso). Annotated on the verso.
The figure of Adam was probably used by Marcantonio Raimondi for an engraving depicting Adam and Eve (see RCIN 850175 for it). The figure of the Child is inspired by Giovanni Bellini's 'Madonna with the sleeping Child' (Boston, Gardner Museum, inv. no. P16s2).
This drawing is on the verso of a sheet depicting a study for the Borghese Entombment, see RCIN 850262 for a photograph of the recto.
The figure of Adam was probably used by Marcantonio Raimondi for an engraving depicting Adam and Eve (see RCIN 850175 for it). The figure of the Child is inspired by Giovanni Bellini's 'Madonna with the sleeping Child' (Boston, Gardner Museum, inv. no. P16s2).
This drawing is on the verso of a sheet depicting a study for the Borghese Entombment, see RCIN 850262 for a photograph of the recto.
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Bottom
31.4 x 24.5 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Children
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Virgin & Child
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
Bibliographic reference(s)
p. 165, no. 132v (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
