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    AFTER A WORK BY THE SCHOOL OF RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

    The head of a young girl

    c.1853-1876

    Albumen print | 14.7 x 10.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854438

    A photograph of a red chalk drawing now in the Uffizi, Florence (inv. no. 1331F r), where it is catalogued as by the school of Raphael. This drawing depicts a young girl in profile and on the verso there is a study of a man (see RCIN 854380 for a photograph of the verso of the sheet. Annotated on the verso.

    • Creator(s)

      After a work by the school of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (draughtsman)

    • annotation: 5 [verso, bottom centre, in ink]

    • 14.7 x 10.6 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-1876)

    • Subject(s)
      • Science, Medicine and Technology
        • Medical sciences
          • Anatomy
            • Heads
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      Inventario Uffizi. Disegni di Figura II 2005: Disegni di figura ; v. 2, 2005 / a cura di Annamaria Petrioli Tofani, Florence (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi) pp.162-163, no. 1331F r

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.332 A.XVIII.1

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