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    AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

    Kneeling figure of a youth

    c.1853-76

    Albumen print | 25.5 x 18.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851586

    A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1502-03) now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Ruland (1876) interpreted the figure as St Stephen. It is now generally thought that the drawing may be a study for a female figure (Mary Magdalene?). A facsimile of the drawing, published in W.Y. Ottley's Italian School of Design, London 1823, at RCIN 851585.

    • Creator(s)

      After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

      Subject(s)

      Saint Stephen

    • 25.5 x 18.2 cm (sheet of paper)

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

    • Subject(s)
      • Religion & Theology
        • Religions and faiths
          • Christianity
            • Angels, demons, devils, saints
              • Saints (Christianity)
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.142, no.36

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.119 C.XII.1

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