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Portraits

Portraits

AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

A self-portrait of Raphael

c.1805

Etching | 15.3 x 11.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850080

An outline etching after the portrait of Raphael depicted in 'Raphael's self-portrait with a friend', a painting (c. 1519-20) currently in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.614). This print is lettered with the title. On watermarked paper.
  • Creator(s)

    After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    Subject(s)

    Raphael (1483-1520)
  • watermark: PRO PATRIA watermark, found in "Simmons, J.S.C. and Be Van Ginneken-Van De Kasteele.LIKHACHEV'S WATERMARKS, AN ENGLISH-LANGUAGE VERSION", Asterdam: The Paper Publications Society, 1994, plate 382 n. 4262; dated 1805 [verso, left, dated 1805]

  • 15.3 x 11.7 cm (sheet of paper)

    13.0 x 9.5 cm (platemark)

    6.4 x 5.5 cm (image)

  • RAPHAEL ...

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-1876)

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

    Raphael dans les collections françaises 1983 : Hommage a Raphael. Raphael dans les collections françaises: (Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 15 novembre 1983-13 fevrier 1984), Paris pp.101-04, no.13

    Henry/Joannides 2012 : Late Raphael, 2012. Edited by T. Henry and P. Joannides pp.296-300, no.82

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.8 A.XIII.3