Study of a male head, and other studies

c.1853-76

Albumen print | 32.5 x 20.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851433

A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1500-01) formerly in the Wicar Museum, Lille, and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no.Pl 475). The principal drawing is a study for the head of St Nicholas in the 'Coronation of St Nicholas of Tolentino', the main panel of an altarpiece commissioned from Raphael by Andrea di Tommaso Baronci in 1500. The altarpiece, completed in 1501, was subsequently dismembered and survives only in four fragments (Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples, inv. no.50; Brescia, Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, inv no.149; Musée du Louvre, Paris, inv. no.RF 1981-55). Another study for the 'Coronation of St Nicholas' is on the recto side of the photographed drawing; see RCIN 851432.

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After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
32.5 x 20.6 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
  
  Zoology
  
  Animals
  
  Birds
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
  
  Architecture
  
  Architectural studies
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.100-3, no.17v (Chapman/Plazzotta/Henry 2004 : Chapman, H, Plazzotta, C, Henry, T. Raphael. From Urbino to Rome. London, 2004)

pp.98-105, under no.1 (Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 )

p.137, no.14v (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)

p.582, no.13 (Knab/Mitsch/Oberhuber 1983 : Raffaello. I disegni 1983 : I disegni. (Catalogo dei Disegni a cura di Oberhuber, Ferino Pagden, Huber), Florence 1983)

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Study of a male head, and other studies

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