Portraits
ACHILLE DÉSIRÉ LEFÈVRE (1798-1864)
Portrait of Doña Isabel de Requesens y Enríquez de Cardona-Anglesola
c.1818-54Engraving with etching | 31.3 x 24.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852082
A print after the Portrait of Doña Isabel de Requesens y Enríquez de Cardona-Anglesola, a painting currently in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.612). Lettered with production details and attribution to Raphael.
The authorship of the portrait - which was commission from Raphael seemingly by Cardinal Bibbiena around 1518 - is an ongoing matter of debate. According to Vasari, Raphael executed the sitter's head only. Modern scholars are divided, with some ascribing it entirely to Raphael, others to Giulio Romano and some others regarding the painting as the result of cooperation between the two. Henry/Joannides (2012) have recently catalogued it as by Giulio, perhaps with an intervention by Raphael. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
The authorship of the portrait - which was commission from Raphael seemingly by Cardinal Bibbiena around 1518 - is an ongoing matter of debate. According to Vasari, Raphael executed the sitter's head only. Modern scholars are divided, with some ascribing it entirely to Raphael, others to Giulio Romano and some others regarding the painting as the result of cooperation between the two. Henry/Joannides (2012) have recently catalogued it as by Giulio, perhaps with an intervention by Raphael. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
Creator(s)
Achille Désiré Lefèvre (1798-1864) (engraver)
After Giulio Romano (Rome c. 1499-Mantua 1546) (artist)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
31.3 x 24.6 cm (sheet of paper)
23.8 x 18.2 cm (image)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- visual works
Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2008 : Capellen, JM, 2008. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 3, The Roman Portraits ca.1508-1520 p.154, no.79/III.5
Henry/Joannides 2012 : Late Raphael, 2012. Edited by T. Henry and P. Joannides pp.275-8, no.76
Other number(s)
Ruland p.153 A.XXVI.3
