Portraits
Portraits
The Violin Player
c.1825-1876Engraving | 33.2 x 26.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850111
An engraving after the so-called 'Violin Player', a painting now generally attributed to Sebastiano del Piombo and recently recorded as belonging to Baron E. de Rothschild in Paris. This print is signed by the printmaker with the attribution of the painting to Raphael. Lettered with the title and publication details. Trimmed within the platemark. Annotated on the verso. See RCIN 850113 for a photograph of the painting.
The painting was formerly in the Sciarra Collection in Rome and has been long regarded as a portrait by Raphael, an opinion also shared by Ruland (1876). Modern scholars are unanimous in rejecting this attribution, with the majority of them giving the painting to Sebastiano del Piombo. The identity of the sitter remains unknown. 1515 is believed to be the year beyond which the painting cannot be dated. See Bibliographic References for further information.
Another impression of the same print (before lettering) is included in the "Portraits by Raphael" section of the Raphael Collection; see RCIN 852098 for it.
Creator(s)
Jakob Felsing (1802-83) (engraver)
After Sebastiano Del Piombo (1485-1547) (artist)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Bibliographic Institution : Philadelphia (publisher)
Bibliographisches Institut : Hildburghausen & Amsterdam (publisher)
annotation: bottom [verso, centre top, in ink]
33.2 x 26.3 cm (sheet of paper)
24.8 x 19.4 cm (image)
RAPHAEL SANZIO D'URBINO
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- People
- Musicians
- Violinists
- Musicians
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- People
Bibliographic reference(s)
Sebastiano del Piombo 1485-1547 : edited by Claudio Strinati, Bernd Wolfgang Lindemann, 2008 pp. 138-139, no. 19 (entry written by Mauro Lucco)
Other number(s)
Ruland p.9 B.V.1
