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    CHRISTOPHE GUÉRIN (1758-1831)

    The Archangel Raphael with Tobias

    c.1778-1831

    Engraving with etching | 52.5 x 47.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851524

    A print after a painting wrongly attributed on plate to Raphael, then in the Faviers Collection, Strasburg. The painting reproduced in this print is a copy after a panel by Perugino (c.1499-1500) now in the National Gallery, London (inv. no.NG 188). A photograph of the original panel by Perugino can be found at RCIN 851523.b.

    • Creator(s)

      Christophe Guérin (1758-1831) (engraver)

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

      Berlin : Jacoby (publisher)

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

    • 52.5 x 47.1 cm (sheet of paper)

      49.1 x 43.9 cm (platemark)

      40.0 x 40.2 cm (image)

    • L'ANGE CONDUISANT LE JEUNE TOBIE

    • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

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

      pp.86-9, no.10 (Chapman/Plazzotta/Henry 2004 : Chapman, H, Plazzotta, C, Henry, T. Raphael. From Urbino to Rome. London, 2004)

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