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    LUDWIG GRÜNER (1801-82)

    Portrait of a Lady ['La Velata']

    c.1821-1872

    Engraving | 43.6 x 37.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852099

    A print after the so-called 'La Velata', a painting by Raphael (c.1512-18) now in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence (inv. Pal. no.245). State before all letters. Production details annotated in pencil below image. A photograph of the painting at RCIN 852101.

    • Creator(s)

      Ludwig Grüner (1801-82) (engraver)

      After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (maker)

    • Raph. Santi dip. / L. Gruner incise / nel Palazzo Pitti in Firenze

    • 43.6 x 37.1 cm (sheet of paper)

      18.1 x 14.4 cm (image)

      26.3 x 19.8 cm (platemark)

    • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      p.118, no.74/III.2 (Capellen 2008 : Capellen, JM, 2008. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 3, The Roman Portraits ca.1508-1520)

      pp.288-91, no.80 (Henry/Joannides 2012 : Late Raphael, 2012. Edited by T. Henry and P. Joannides)

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