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AFTER GIULIO ROMANO (ROME C. 1499-MANTUA 1546)

A paschal lamb

c.1853-1876

Albumen print | 17.2 x 19.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854509

A photograph of a drawing by Giulio Romano depicting a paschal lamb now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no.Pl 496). 

This drawing was traditionally attributed to Raphael but it now believed to be a sheet from the Mantuan period of Giulio Romano (see Bibliographic References).
  • Creator(s)

    After Giulio Romano (Rome c. 1499-Mantua 1546) (draughtsman)

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

  • 17.2 x 19.8 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
          • Sheep
            • Lambs
    • Social sciences
      • Ethnology
        • Folklore
          • Popular beliefs and customs
            • Easter
    • Genealogy and Heraldry
      • Flags
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    Brejon de Lavergnée 1997 : Brejon de Lavergnée, B, 1997. Catalogue des dessins Italiens. Collections du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Paris p. 206, no. 588

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p. 339 B.I.1