Studies
An antique head in two positions and a reclining Silenus
c.1853-1876Albumen print | 10.5 x 16.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854568
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c. 1508-1510) depicting an antique head in two positions and a reclining Silenus now in the Musée des Beaux Arts, Lille (inv. no. 484). Annotated on the verso.
Joannides (see Bibliographic References) interpreted the head as after that of an antique Gaul and as connected to "studies of expression" for the Stanza della Segnatura, frescoed by Raphael in the Vatican between 1508 and 1511. This head was also studied by Raphael in a drawing depicting various sketches for the Stanza della Segnatura now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no. 205v, see RCIN 852446 for a photograph of it). The reclining Silenus is also from the antique.
Creator(s)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (draughtsman)
Subject(s)
Gauls (Celtic people)annotation: Centre // P. 454 [verso, bottom centre, in ink]
10.5 x 16.4 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
- Silenus
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Medical sciences
- Anatomy
- Heads
- Human anatomy
- Human Hair
- Beards
- Human Hair
- Anatomy
- Medical sciences
- Places
- Europe
- Italy
- Lazio [Italy]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Lazio [Italy]
- Italy
- Europe
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Biological sciences
- Anthropology, Nationality & People
- Biological sciences
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Religion & Theology
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. 191, no. 544
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p. 200, no. 268
Other number(s)
Ruland p. 346 A.XI.1
