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Saints

Saints

AFTER PIETRO PERUGINO (CITTÀ DELLA PIEVE C.1450-FONTIGNANO 1523)

Study for the Archangel Raphael with Tobias

c.1853-76

Albumen print | 24.4 x 18.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851529

A photograph of a drawing by Perugino (c.1499-1500) now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.3). The drawing is a study for 'The Archangel Raphael with Tobias', a panel once part of the so-called 'Certosa Altarpiece', a polyptych by Perugino (c.1499-1500), the lower compartment of which is now in the National Gallery, London (inv. no.NG 288). A photograph of the panel at RCIN 851523.b.
  • Creator(s)

    After Pietro Perugino (Città della Pieve c.1450-Fontignano 1523) (artist)

  • 24.4 x 18.9 cm (sheet of paper)

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

  • Subject(s)
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Zoology
        • Animals
          • Fish
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    pp.92-3, no.12 (Chapman/Plazzotta/Henry 2004 : Chapman, H, Plazzotta, C, Henry, T. Raphael. From Urbino to Rome. London, 2004)