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    AFTER? RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

    A study of a seated male youth with his right arm raised up

    c.1860-76

    Carbon print | 31.1 x 24.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851510

    A photograph of a drawing now in the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.545E). The drawing is closely related to the 'St John the Baptist in the Desert', a painting by the workshop of Raphael after designs by the master (c.1517-18) now in the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.1446). The authorship of the drawing - which has been long attributed to Raphael - is a matter of dispute. Photographs of other existing similar drawings at RCINs 851511, 851512, 851513.

    • Creator(s)

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

    • 31.1 x 24.9 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)

    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      pp.347-8, no.37 (Ferino Pagden 1984 : Ferino Pagden, S. , 1984, in Raffaello a Firenze. Dipinti e disegni delle collezioni fiorentine, Milan)

      p.245, no.545E (Inventario Uffizi. Disegni Esposti I 1986 : Disegni esposti ; v. 1, 1986 / a cura di Annamaria Petrioli Tofani, Florence (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi))

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