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    GIOVANNI DOMENICO PICCHIANTI (B. C. 1670)

    Portrait of a Woman ['La Muta']

    c.1690-1750

    Engraving | 33.3 x 24.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852009

    A print after the so-called 'La Muta', a painting generally attributed to Raphael now in the Palazzo Ducale in Urbino (inv. Uffizi 1440); in reverse. The identity of the sitter and the dating of the painting (with suggestions ranging from 1500 to 1507) are still debated. Without letters. Annotated in pencil and brown ink along the lower margin. A photograph of the painting at RCIN 852008.

    • Creator(s)

      Giovanni Domenico Picchianti (b. c. 1670) (engraver)

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

    • Raffaello da Urbino pin. Gio: Dom.o Picch.i Sculp

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    • 33.3 x 24.8 cm (sheet of paper)

      31.7 x 24.8 cm (image)

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

    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      pp.298-300, no.46 (Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 )

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