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    AFTER A WORK ASSOCIATED WITH RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

    A dead child carried by a dolphin

    c.1853-1876

    Albumen print | 19.2 x 26.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854242

    A photograph of a sculpture representing a dead child carried by a dolphin that Ruland (1876) catalogued as to be the "supposed original" now in the Hermitage, St Petersburg (inv. no. Н.ск-270), where it is attributed to Lorenzetto. 

    Passavant (see Bibliographic References) attributed this sculpture to Raphael.

    • Creator(s)

      After a work associated with Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    • 19.2 x 26.0 cm (sheet of paper)

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

    • Subject(s)
      • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
        • Biological sciences
          • Zoology
            • Animals
              • Mammals
                • Whales
                  • Dolphins
      • People
        • Children
      • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
        • Plastic arts
          • Sculpture
            • Statues
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
    • Other number(s)

      Ruland p. 307 A.I.2

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