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AFTER A WORK PREVIOUSLY ATTRIBUTED TO RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

A sonnet ("come la reggo e chiara sta nel core...") with the head of a woman

after 1853

Albumen print | 38.2 x 29.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850159

A photograph of a sonnet, formerly ascribed to Raphael, with a sketch of a female head formerly supposed to depict "La Fornarina" (thought to be Margherita Lupi, Raphael's lover). Not in Ruland (1876).

  • Creator(s)

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

    Subject(s)

    Raphael (1483-1520)

  • 38.2 x 29.5 cm (sheet of paper)

    30.2 x 21.6 cm (image)

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)

  • Subject(s)
    • Language, Linguistics and Literature
      • Literature
        • Poetry
          • Sonnets
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Medical sciences
        • Anatomy
          • Heads
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
  • Other number(s)

    Ruland p.13 B.II.11(add)

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