Portraits
Portraits
AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
Portrait of Pope Julius II
c.1550-1650Engraving | 15.5 x 12.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852028
An anonymous print reproducing the composition of the ‘Portrait of Julius II’, the original version of which was made by Raphael in c.1511 and is now in the National Gallery, London (inv. NG 27); in reverse. With the Della Rovere coat of arms at upper right. Annotated in pencil in the lower margin.
The composition is known through several painted and engraved copies.
Ruland (1876) followed Passavant’s opinion (1860) and regarded a painting in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence (inv.1912, no.79) as the original by Raphael. That painting is now unanimously accepted as a copy by Titian after Raphael’s original portrait now commonly identified with the painting hanging in the London National Gallery.
The composition is known through several painted and engraved copies.
Ruland (1876) followed Passavant’s opinion (1860) and regarded a painting in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence (inv.1912, no.79) as the original by Raphael. That painting is now unanimously accepted as a copy by Titian after Raphael’s original portrait now commonly identified with the painting hanging in the London National Gallery.
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
212
15.5 x 12.3 cm (sheet of paper)
IVLIVS PAPA SAVONENSIS LIGVR
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.106, no.71/III.2 (Capellen 2008 : Capellen, JM, 2008. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 3, The Roman Portraits ca.1508-1520)
