Studies
A Dacian prisoner
dated 1793Etching | 35.6 x 18.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854595
An etching reproducing in reverse a drawing of a Dacian prisoner in profile. This print is lettered with the name of Raphael, signed and dated by the printmaker.
The etching was made by Charles Paul Jean-Baptiste de Bourgevin Vialart de Saint-Morys after the drawing, which was then in his possession. Vialart de Saint-Morys was a collector of Old Master drawings and amateur printmaker who published two groups of prints after drawings in his own collection, the first group dated 1780-89 and the second 1792-94.
Creator(s)
Charles Paul Jean Baptiste de Bourgevin Vialart, Count de Saint-Morys (1743-95) (etcher)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (draughtsman)
35.6 x 18.9 cm (sheet of paper)
30.0 x 12.5 cm (platemark)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-1876)
Subject(s)
- Places
- Ancient world
- Dacia (historical region)
- Ancient world
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Plastic arts
- Sculpture
- Statues
- Sculpture
- Plastic arts
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Places
Other number(s)
Ruland p. 348 B.IX.1
