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Portrait of a Young Man

c.1853-76

Albumen print | RCIN 852132

A photograph of a painting formerly reputed to be by Raphael, catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the Museum at Copenhagen. The painting, which according to Passavant (1860) came from the collection of Cardinal Valenti in Rome, was known as the 'Portrait of Raphael's Apothecary'.
  • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

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