Studies
The head of Mary Magdalene
c.1853-1876Albumen print | 19.0 x 13.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854436
This drawing has been interpreted as a study for the head of Mary Magdalene in the 'Borghese Entombment', the central panel of an altarpiece ('Baglioni Altarpiece') executed by Raphael for the church of San Francesco al Prato in Perugia and now in the Galleria Borghese, Rome (inv. no. 70). Joannides (see Bibliographic References) relates the head of the Magdalene to the figure depicted in a modello for the main group now in the Uffizi, Florence (inv. no. 538 E; a photograph of which can be found at RCIN 850243).
Creator(s)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (draughtsman)
Subject(s)
Mary Magdaleneannotation: 6 [verso, bottom centre, in ink]
19.0 x 13.5 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
- Anatomy
- Medical sciences
- Places
- Europe
- Italy
- Lazio [Italy]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Palazzo Borghese [Rome]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Lazio [Italy]
- Italy
- Europe
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Life of Christ
- Passion of Christ
- Entombment of Christ
- Passion of Christ
- Life of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Inventario Uffizi. Disegni Esposti II 1987 : Disegni esposti, vol. 2, 1987 / a cura di Annamaria Petrioli Tofani, Florence (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi) n. 1477 E
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p. 166, no. 136
Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp. 233-246, n.31
Other number(s)
Ruland p.332 A.XV.1
