AFTER A WORK ATTRIBUTED TO RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

Portrait of a Girl

c.1853-76

Albumen print | 13.9 x 10.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852007

A photograph of a painting now in the Galleria Borghese, Rome (inv. no.371). The authorship of the painting and the identity of the sitter are matters of dispute. Some scholars suggest an attribution to Raphael, whereas others (Joannides 1983) think that the painting was laid in by Raphael and finished by another artist (Ridolfo Ghirlandaio?). The photograph shows the painting prior to the restoration (1936) that removed heavy overpainting thus revealing the original pose of the hands and the presence of an unicorn underneath the wheel. Before such restoration, the attributes of the wheel and of the palm leaf led scholars - including Ruland (1876) - to interpret the painting as a picture of St Catherine of Alexandria.

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After a work attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
13.9 x 10.9 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.62, under no.15

Cordellier/Py 1992 : Raphael : son atelier, ses copistes, 1992 / par Dominique Cordellier et Bernadette Py, Paris (Inventaire general des dessins Italiens ; V / sous la direction de Francoise Viatte) pp.58-60, under no.47

Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp.290-93, no.44

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Ruland p.148 A.III.9

Portrait of a Girl

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