Portraits
Portraits
The Violin Player
c.1770-1802Crayon-manner engraving | 45.8 x 33.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850112
An engraving which is loosely based on 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. Lettered with the title and production details. Trimmed within the platemark. 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.
Creator(s)
? Gilles Antoine Demarteau (1750-1802) (engraver)
After Monsiau, Nicolas André (1754-1837) (designer)
After Sebastiano Del Piombo (1485-1547) (artist)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
45.8 x 33.4 cm (sheet of paper)
40.0 x 30.7 cm (image)
RAPHAELE SANZIO ...
- 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.2
