Portraits
Portraits
WENCESLAUS HOLLAR (1607-77)
St Catherine of Alexandria
c.1627-1667Engraving | 21.1 x 15.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852102
A print after a painting when in the collection of Lord Arundel and formerly in the possession of Marchese Letizia in Naples. The woman, who closely resembles Raphael's 'Velata', is portrayed with the attibutes of St Catherine of Alexandria.
The 'Velata' is a portrait by Raphael (c.1512-18) currently in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence (inv. Pal. no.245). A photograph at RCIN 852101.
The 'Velata' is a portrait by Raphael (c.1512-18) currently in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence (inv. Pal. no.245). A photograph at RCIN 852101.
Creator(s)
Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77) (engraver)
After a work copying Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (maker)
21.1 x 15.8 cm (sheet of paper)
20.4 x 15.9 cm (image)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.118, no.74/III.3 (Capellen 2008 : Capellen, JM, 2008. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 3, The Roman Portraits ca.1508-1520)
p.290, under no.80 (Henry/Joannides 2012 : Late Raphael, 2012. Edited by T. Henry and P. Joannides)
