Portraits
GUSTAVO BONAINI (B. 1810)
Portrait of a Young Woman
dated 1831Engraving | 26.2 x 19.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852050
A print 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 a blind stamp at lower right (not in Lugt; possibly the publisher's blind stamp).
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)
Gustavo Bonaini (b. 1810) (engraver)
After Sebastiano Del Piombo (1485-1547) (artist)
Gustavo Bonaini (b. 1810) (designer)
Luigi Ricceri : via Rondinelli, Florence (publisher)
Raphael Morghen (1758-1833) (dedicatee)
Luigi Ricceri (19C) (dedicator)
26.2 x 19.5 cm (sheet of paper)
11.6 x 9.1 cm (image)
23.5 x 16.9 cm (platemark)
LA FORNARINA
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
