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Studies

Studies

AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

The head of a man

c.1853-1876

Albumen print | 12.5 x 10.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854430

A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1504-1505) now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no. 434). Annotated on the verso.

Joannides (see Bibliographic References) noted a sculpturesque solidity in this drawing created by the dense and strong hatching; for a photograph of another drawing of the same model, see RCIN 851575.
  • Creator(s)

    After Raphael (1483-1520) (draughtsman)

  • annotation: right top [verso, bottom centre, in ink]

  • 12.5 x 10.4 cm (sheet of paper)

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

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Medical sciences
        • Anatomy
          • Heads
    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 pp.183-184, no. 528

    Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p. 151, no. 75

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.331 A.XI.1