Saints
Saints
CARL RAHL (1812-65)
Saint Margaret
c.1832-1855Engraving with etching | 42.6 x 30.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851501
A print reproducing a composition closely resembling that of the 'Saint Margaret', a painting currently in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.607), the execution of which is generally ascribed to Giulio Romano after designs by Raphael (c.1518). Ruland (1876) suggested that this print may be after an old copy of the painting then in Vienna (?). Lettered with title and dedication. A photograph of the original painting in the Louvre at RCIN 851497.
Creator(s)
Carl Rahl (1812-65) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Caroline Auguste, Empress of Austria (1792-1873) (dedicatee)
Carl Rahl (1812-65) (dedicator)
42.6 x 30.8 cm (sheet of paper)
32.3 x 21.3 cm (image)
41.7 x 30.4 cm (platemark)
DIE HEILIGE MARGARETHA.
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.96-8, 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)
pp.254-8, no.A10 (Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 )
