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Saints

Saints

AFTER A WORK COPYING RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

St John the Baptist in the Desert

c.1853-76

Albumen print | 34.5 x 25.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851516

A photograph of a drawing now in the British Museum, London (inv. no.Pp,1.69). The drawing is thought to be a copy after a lost drawing by Raphael which has been formerly associated with the 'St John the Baptist in the Desert', a painting ascribed to the workshop of Raphael (c.1517) currently housed in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.606). A photograph of the painting at RCIN 851515.
  • Creator(s)

    After a work copying Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

    After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

  • 34.5 x 25.0 cm (sheet of paper)

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

  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    pp.265-7, no.A12 (Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 )