Portraits
JACOPO BERNARDI (B. 1808)
Portrait of a Young Woman ('Dorothea')
c.1828-1850Engraving | 35.9 x 26.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852120
A print after a painting catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the collection of Count Persico at Verona. The painting is a copy of the so-called 'Dorothea', a portrait by Sebastiano del Piombo (c.1512-13) now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin (inv. no.295B). Lettered with attribution to Raphael, production details and dedication. The legend below image identifies the sitter as Raphael's mistress, known as La Fornarina.
Creator(s)
Jacopo Bernardi (b. 1808) (engraver)
After Sebastiano Del Piombo (1485-1547) (artist)
Jacopo Bernardi (b. 1808) (designer)
Raphael Morghen (1758-1833) (director)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Benedetto Valmarana (active 19C) (dedicatee)
Jacopo Bernardi (b. 1808) (dedicator)
35.9 x 26.2 cm (sheet of paper)
24.5 x 19.6 cm (image)
RAPHAELIS AMICITIA CELEBERRIMA LA FORNARINA
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.144-7, no.22 (Sebastiano del Piombo 1485-1547 : edited by Claudio Strinati, Bernd Wolfgang Lindemann, 2008)
