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AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

Study of the Head of a Youth

c.1853-76

Albumen print | 21.3 x 18.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852168

A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (1502-03) currently in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. Pl 461).

  • Creator(s)

    After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

  • 21.3 x 18.9 cm (sheet of paper)

  • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    p.143, no.42 (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)

    p.181, no.519 (Brejon de Lavergnée 1997 : Brejon de Lavergnée, B, 1997. Catalogue des dessins Italiens. Collections du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Paris)

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