Portraits
Portraits
Portrait of a Girl
dated 1850Crayon-manner, printed in brown ink | RCIN 852006
A crayon-manner engraving after a drawing by Raphael (c.1507) now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3882). It has been suggested that the drawing may be a preparatory study for the 'Portrait of a Girl' now in the Galleria Borghese, Rome, a photograph of which (before restoration) can be found at RCIN 852007. Lettered with production details and stamped with blind stamp of the Chalcographie du Louvre (variant of Lugt 1695).
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)