Portraits
NICOLAS AUGUSTE LEISNIER (1787-1857)
Portrait of a Young Woman
dated 1845Engraving | 43.1 x 32.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852049
An engraving after a painting by Sebastiano del Piombo (c.1512) now in the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. 1890, n. 1443). Lettered with title, production details and traditional attribution to Raphael. Stamped with the blind stamps of Hauser (Lugt 4210) and Veith (Lugt 4212).
The identity of the sitter, who has been formerly identified as Margherita Luciani (known as La Fornarina), is still a matter of dispute. Photographs of the painting at RCINs 852045, 852046.
The identity of the sitter, who has been formerly identified as Margherita Luciani (known as La Fornarina), is still a matter of dispute. Photographs of the painting at RCINs 852045, 852046.
Creator(s)
Nicolas Auguste Leisnier (1787-1857) (engraver)
After Sebastiano Del Piombo (1485-1547) (artist)
Achille Louis Martinet (1806-77) (designer)
Bougeard : (printer)
A. Hauser: Boulevard des Italiens, Paris (publisher)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
43.1 x 32.4 cm (sheet of paper)
30.3 x 24.1 cm (image)
40.6 x 30.5 cm (platemark)
LA / FORNARINA
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- visual works
Other number(s)
Ruland p.151 A.XVIII.3
