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Portraits

Portraits

AFTER A WORK PREVIOUSLY ATTRIBUTED TO RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

Portrait of a Young Man

c.1853-76

Albumen print | 17.1 x 13.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852131

A photograph of retouched copy of a painting formerly reputed to be by Raphael, catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the collection of Lord Northbrook. A photograph of the original painting can be found at RCIN 852130.
  • Creator(s)

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

  • 17.1 x 13.4 cm (sheet of paper)

  • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    pp.41-2 (Montagu 1995 : Montagu, J., 'The "Ruland/Raphael Collection"', in 'Art history through the camera's lens', edited by Helene E Roberts, 1995)