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    PIETRO FONTANA (1762-1837)

    Portrait of a Woman ['La Fornarina']

    c.1782-1827

    Engraving | 32.8 x 23.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852040

    A print after the so-called La Fornarina, a painting by Raphael (c.1518-20) now in the Galleria Nazionale di Arte Antica, Rome (inv. no.2333). Lettered with production details, title and dedication. A photograph of the painting can be found at RCIN 852039.

    • Creator(s)

      Pietro Fontana (1762-1837) (engraver)

      After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

      Francesco Fontana (active c. 1824) (designer)

      Sarah Villiers, Countess of Jersey (1785-1867) (dedicatee)

      Pietro Fontana (1762-1837) (dedicator)

    • 32.8 x 23.3 cm (sheet of paper)

      23.5 x 16.8 cm (image)

      28.0 x 19.0 cm (platemark)

    • LA FORNARINA DI RAFFAELLE

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

    • Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • prints
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      Capellen 2008 : Capellen, JM, 2008. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 3, The Roman Portraits ca.1508-1520 p.148, no.78/III.4

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.151 A.XVI.2

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