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    AFTER A WORK COPYING DONATELLO (1386-1466)

    St Anthony finding the heart of the miser

    c.1853-76

    Albumen print | 16.7 x 21.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851597

    A photograph of a drawing now in the Royal Library, Turin (inv. no.15750). The drawing reproduces the half left of a relief by Donatello for the High Altar of the Basilica di Sant'Antonio in Padua, depicting a miracle performed by St Anthony. The drawing has been formerly attributed to Raphael.

    • Creator(s)

      After a work copying Donatello (1386-1466) (artist)

    • 16.7 x 21.8 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)
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      p.65, no.518 (Bertini 1958 : Bertini, A. I disegni italiani della Biblioteca reale di Torino : catalogo, 1958)

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