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    LUDWIG GRÜNER (1801-82)

    Portrait of Giuliano de' Medici

    c.1821-72

    Engraving | 51.9 x 36.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852059

    A print after a painting now in the Uffizi, Florence (inv. 1890, no.775). Lettered with production details and identity of the sitter. Published in J.D. Passavant, Rafael von Urbino und sein Vater Giovanni Santi, Leipzig 1839-58, plate VII. Annotated in pencil at upper right: 114.

    The painting, currently attributed to Alessandro Allori, is a copy of the Portrait of Giuliano de' Medici, a work now in the Metropolitan Museum of New York (inv. no.49.7.12) generally regarded as by Raphael and his workshop and dated about 1515. A photograph at RCIN 852058.

    • Creator(s)

      Ludwig Grüner (1801-82) (engraver)

      After Alessandro Allori (Florence 1535-Florence 1607) (artist)

      Johann David Passavant (1787-1861) (designer)

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

    • annotation: 114 [front, upper right, in pencil]

    • 51.9 x 36.2 cm (sheet of paper)

      18.7 x 13.7 cm (image)

      19.7 x 15.0 cm (platemark)

    • GIULIANO DE' MEDICI.

    • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

    • Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • prints
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      Capellen 2008 : Capellen, JM, 2008. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 3, The Roman Portraits ca.1508-1520 p.187, no.A22/III.2

      Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.240, no.B 24.2

      Henry/Joannides 2012 : Late Raphael, 2012. Edited by T. Henry and P. Joannides pp.262-5, no.72

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.152 A.XXI.2

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