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

Portrait of a Young Woman

c.1853-76

Albumen print | 22.8 x 16.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852140

A photograph of a painting catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the Rothpletz Collection at Aarau in Switzerland. In the 19th century the portrait was reputed to be by Raphael, and seems to have been known as La Bella Visconti.

  • Creator(s)

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

  • 22.8 x 16.5 cm (sheet of paper)

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

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
  • Other number(s)

    Ruland p.157 B.XXIII.1

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