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GUSTAVE LAVERDET (B. 1816)

The Death of St Joseph

c.1853-76

Albumen print | 13.7 x 14.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851549

A photograph of a painting formerly attributed to Raphael which - according to the lettering below image - is said to have been discovered by Abbé Nicolle in Rome on 22 May 1862. With a black ink stamp at lower centre (not in Lugt).
  • Creator(s)

    Gustave Laverdet (b. 1816) (photographer)

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

  • 13.7 x 14.5 cm (sheet of paper)
    32.5 x 24.6 cm (sheet of paper)

  • MORT DE SAINT-JOSEPH PAR RAPHAËL

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

  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    (Nicolle, abbé : Abbé Nicolle, La merveille de l'art religieux ou tableau original, inconnu, de Raphaël, annoncé dans le no. 119 de l'Osservatore Romano, Paris 1862)