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    ARNOLD VAN WESTERHOUT (1651-1725)

    Saint Cecilia

    c.1671-1715

    Engraving | 31.9 x 20.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851486

    A print after a painting by Raphael (c.1514) now in the Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna (inv. no.577). Lettered with production details and names of the saints in the lower margin. Photographs of the painting at RCINs 851464, 851465, 851466.

    • Creator(s)

      Arnold van Westerhout (1651-1725) (publisher)

      After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

      Subject(s)

      Saint Cecilia
      Saint Paul
      Mary Magdalene
      Saint Augustine

    • 31.9 x 20.2 cm (sheet of paper)

    • 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
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • prints
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

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

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.113 A.IX.19

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