Studies
A group of figures from the antique
c.1853-1876Albumen print | 19.5 x 26.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854570
A photograph of a drawing by the school of Raphael depicting a group of figures from the antique now in the Louvre, Paris (inv. no. 3878 verso). See RCIN 854569 for a photograph of the recto.
Cordellier and Py (see Bibliographic References) catalogued this drawing as a study by an artist in Raphael's studio (Giulio Romano?). They suggested that the motifs here depicted (perhaps Mercury leading to Hell a husband lamented by his wife) were borrowed from imperial Roman coins, while Ruland (1876) believed the source to be a bas-relief. See also RCINs 854571 and 854572 for photographs of drawings depicting similar compositions in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Creator(s)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (1483-1520) (draughtsman)
After? Giulio Romano (Rome c. 1499-Mantua 1546) (draughtsman)
19.5 x 26.0 cm (sheet of paper)
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religions of antiquity
- Classical mythology
- Mercury (mythology)
- Cupid
- Classical mythology
- Christianity
- Last things. Eschatology (Christianity)
- Hell. Eternal punishment. Eternal damnation. The damned
- Last things. Eschatology (Christianity)
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Plastic arts
- Numismatics
- Coins
- Numismatics
- Music
- Musical instruments
- Woodwind instruments
- Flutes
- Woodwind instruments
- Musical instruments
- Plastic arts
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Goats
- Animal husbandry
- Agriculture and related techniques
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Cordellier/Py 1992 : Raphael : son atelier, ses copistes, 1992 / par Dominique Cordellier et Bernadette Py, Paris (Inventaire general des dessins Italiens ; V / sous la direction de Francoise Viatte) p. 457, no. 789 verso
Other number(s)
Ruland pp. 346-347 A.XII.2
