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Portraits

Portraits

GIROLAMO SCOTTO (C. 1787-1878)

Portrait of a Woman ['La Muta']

c.1807-68

Engraving | 37.3 x 28.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852010

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. A photograph of the painting at RCIN 852008.
  • Creator(s)

    Girolamo Scotto (c. 1787-1878) (engraver)

    After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

  • 37.3 x 28.8 cm (sheet of paper)

    19.6 x 14.7 cm (image)

    29.6 x 20.3 cm (platemark)

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

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

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

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.149 A.V.3