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Saints

Saints

AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

Young monk reading a book

published 1803

Etching | 9.1 x 6.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851590

An outline-etching after a drawing by Raphael (c.1504-05) now in the Musée Condé, Chantilly (inv. no.50 (42)). The purpose and the date of the drawing are still a matter of dispute. A photograph of the drawing at RCIN 851589. This print was published in C.P. Landon, Vie et Œuvre complète de Raphaël Sanzio, 1803, plate 320.
  • Creator(s)

    After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

  • 9.1 x 6.3 cm (sheet of paper)

    8.6 x 6.0 cm (image)

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

  • Subject(s)
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Religious orders
          • Monks
    • Organisation
      • Documentation
        • Books
    • Physical and Mental Activities
      • Reading (activity)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.157, no.101

    Peronnet 1997 : Peronnet, B, 1997. Dessins italiens du Musee Conde a Chantilly II. Raphael et son cercle, Paris pp.37-8, no.2

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.120 C.XIV.2