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Portraits

Portraits

LOUIS PHILIBERT DEBUCOURT (1755-1832)

Portrait of a Woman ['La Belle Frascatane']

c.1775-1822

Aquatint | 45.5 x 31.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852162

An aquatint after the so-called 'La Belle Frascatane', a composition formerly reputed to be based upon a design by Raphael. Lettered with production details.
  • Creator(s)

    Louis Philibert Debucourt (1755-1832) (aquatinter)

    Paris : Bance et Aumont (publisher)

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

  • 45.5 x 31.8 cm (sheet of paper)

    39.3 x 29.0 cm (image)

  • LA BELLE FRASCATANE / Maitresse de Raphael.

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