Saint Cecilia

published 1841

Aquatint | 38.1 x 28.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851477

A facsimile of a drawing when in the collection of William II, Prince of Orange, now housed in the Petit Palais, Paris (inv. Dutuit 980). Attributed to G.F. Penni, the drawing is thought to reproduce a first (and now lost) design by Raphael for his 'Saint Cecilia', a painting now in the Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna (inv. no.577), and is believed to have served as modello for an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi (RCIN 851474). This print was published in '‘Lawrence Gallery. A series of facsimiles of original drawings by Raffaelle da Urbino’, London 1841, no.21. A photograph of the drawing at RCIN 851476.

Creator(s)

After a work attributed to Giovanni Francesco Penni (1496-c. 1536) (artist)

S. & A. Woodburn : London (publisher)

After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
38.1 x 28.2 cm (sheet of paper)

26.9 x 16.2 cm (image)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
  Music
  Musical instruments
- Religion & Theology
  Religions and faiths
  Christianity
  Angels, demons, devils, saints
  Musical angels
Bibliographic reference(s)

p.229, no.381 (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)

pp.333-4, under no.11 (Raphael dans les collections françaises 1983 : Hommage a Raphael. Raphael dans les collections françaises: (Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 15 novembre 1983-13 fevrier 1984), Paris)

p.135; fig.125 (Knab/Mitsch/Oberhuber 1983 : Raffaello. I disegni 1983 : I disegni. (Catalogo dei Disegni a cura di Oberhuber, Ferino Pagden, Huber), Florence 1983)

pp.124-32, no.55 (Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 )

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Saint Cecilia

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