Saints
GUSTAVE LAVERDET (B. 1816)
The Death of St Joseph
c.1853-76Albumen 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 (1483-1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Saint Joseph13.7 x 14.5 cm (sheet of paper)
32.5 x 24.6 cm (backing sheet) (sheet of paper)
MORT DE SAINT-JOSEPH PAR RAPHAËL
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- visual works
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
Other number(s)
Ruland p.117 B.XII.1
