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    AFTER? PIETRO PERUGINO (CITTÀ DELLA PIEVE C. 1450-FONTIGNANO 1523)

    A young man playing the violin

    c.1853-1876

    Albumen print | 18.4 x 13.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854356

    A photograph of a drawing listed by Ruland (1876) as being then in the collection of Count Conestabile in Perugia. This drawing depicts a young man playing a violin, possibly Apollo. Annotated on the verso.

    • Creator(s)

      After? Pietro Perugino (Città della Pieve c. 1450-Fontignano 1523) (draughtsman)

      ? Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (draughtsman)

    • annotation: 6 [verso, bottom centre, in ink]

    • 18.4 x 13.0 cm (sheet of paper)

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

    • Subject(s)
      • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
        • Music
          • Musical instruments
            • Violins
      • Religion & Theology
        • Religions and faiths
          • Religions of antiquity
            • Classical mythology
              • Apollo (myth)
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
    • Other number(s)

      Ruland p.323 B.XI.1

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