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    AFTER BERTO DI GIOVANNI (D. 1529)

    A nude man standing

    c.1853-1876

    Albumen print | 12.1 x 16.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854375

    A photograph of a chalk drawing by Berto di Giovanni now in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (inv.no.NMH 288/1863 verso). This drawing depicts a nude man standing, seen from behind. Annotated on the verso.

    • Creator(s)

      After Berto di Giovanni (d. 1529) (draughtsman)

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

    • annotation: illegible [verso, bottom centre, in ink]

    • 12.1 x 16.2 cm (sheet of paper)

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

    • Subject(s)
      • People
        • Men
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      Bjurström/Magnusson 1998 : Bjurström , P., and Magnusson , B., 1998. Italian Drawings. Umbria, Rome, Naples; in Drawings in Swedish Public Collections cat. no. 399

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.325 B.XXIX.1

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