Saints
AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
St John the Evangelist
c.1853-76Albumen print | 19.1 x 8.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851593
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1500-01) now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3870 r). The drawing copies a statue of St John the Evangelist by Donatello for the façade of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence; the statue is currently housed in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence. It has been suggested that the drawing may copy a lost study by Perugino after Donatello's statue (Joannides 1983).
This drawing features a study for a male head on the verso (see RCIN 854429 for a photograph of the verso).
This drawing features a study for a male head on the verso (see RCIN 854429 for a photograph of the verso).
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
After a work copying Donatello (1386-1466) (artist)
19.1 x 8.2 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)
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.138, no.18v (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
pp.10-3, no.10r (Cordellier/Py 1992 : Raphael : son atelier, ses copistes, 1992 / par Dominique Cordellier et Bernadette Py, Paris (Inventaire general des dessins Italiens ; V / sous la direction de Francoise Viatte))
