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AFTER A WORK ATTRIBUTED TO BATTISTA FRANCO (C. 1510-1561)

A horse

c.1853-1876

Albumen print | 22.7 x 22.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854589

A photograph of a drawing depicting a horse now in the Albertina Museum, Vienna (inv. no. 268) where it is attributed to Giovanni Battista Franco. Annotated on the verso.

This drawing is after one of the bronze horses now in the Museo Marciano, Venice. This ancient group (4th century BC) arrived in Venice at the end of the 4th Crusade in 1204 and it was then placed on the facade of St Mark's Basilica. See also RCIN 854590.
  • Creator(s)

    After a work attributed to Battista Franco (c. 1510-1561) (draughtsman)

    After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (draughtsman)

  • right top

  • 22.7 x 22.1 cm (sheet of paper)

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

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Horses
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Italy
          • Veneto [Italy]
            • Venice [Veneto]
              • Piazza San Marco [Venice]
                • St Mark's Basilica [Piazza San Marco]
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the twelfth century
              • Crusader-Turkish wars