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A portrait of Bindo Altoviti
c.1848-1876Lithograph with single toneplate | 43.1 x 32.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850100
A reversed lithograph after the Portrait of Bindo Altoviti, a painting by Raphael (c.1516-18) now in the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC (Samuel Kress Collection, inv. no.1943.4.33). This print is signed by the printmaker with the attribution of the painting to Raphael. Lettered with the title which identifies Raphael as the sitter. Annotated on the verso.
When this print was published, the painting was regarded as a self-portrait by Raphael. Its authorship has been disputed, but scholars are now almost unanimous in considering it an authentic work by Raphael. The identification of the sitter as Bindo Altoviti, a banker born in Rome in 1491 but of Florentine origin, is now universally accepted.
A print after this portrait is also included in the "Portraits by Raphael" section of the Raphael Collection; see RCIN 852054 for it.
Creator(s)
Ferdinand Piloty the Younger (1828-1895) (lithographer)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Bindo Altoviti (1491-1557)annotation: bottom [verso, centre top, in ink]
43.1 x 32.8 cm (sheet of paper)
33.9 x 28.4 cm (image)
Raphael Sanctius Urbin
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- visual works
Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2008 : Capellen, JM, 2008. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 3, The Roman Portraits ca.1508-1520 pp.109-14, no.72
Henry/Joannides 2012 : Late Raphael, 2012. Edited by T. Henry and P. Joannides pp.279-84, no.77
Other number(s)
Ruland p.9 B.IV.6
