Studies
AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)
The head of Satan
c.1853-1876Albumen print | 15.4 x 7.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854429
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1500-01) now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3870 v). This drawing is on the verso of a sheet depicting St John the Evangelist (see RCIN 851593 for a photograph of the recto).
This drawing has been interpreted as a study for the 'Devil' in the altarpiece of St Nicholas of Tolentino, which was commissioned from Raphael by Andrea di Tommaso Baronci in 1500. The altarpiece, completed in 1501, was subsequently dismembered and survives only in four fragments (Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples, inv. no.50; Brescia, Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, inv no.149; Musée du Louvre, Paris, inv. no.RF 1981-55). See also RCINs 851433 and 851432. See Bibliographic References.
This drawing has been interpreted as a study for the 'Devil' in the altarpiece of St Nicholas of Tolentino, which was commissioned from Raphael by Andrea di Tommaso Baronci in 1500. The altarpiece, completed in 1501, was subsequently dismembered and survives only in four fragments (Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples, inv. no.50; Brescia, Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, inv no.149; Musée du Louvre, Paris, inv. no.RF 1981-55). See also RCINs 851433 and 851432. See Bibliographic References.
Creator(s)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
15.4 x 7.4 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
- Anatomy
- Medical sciences
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Satan
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Cordellier/Py 1992 : Raphael : son atelier, ses copistes, 1992 / par Dominique Cordellier et Bernadette Py, Paris (Inventaire general des dessins Italiens ; V / sous la direction de Francoise Viatte) pp.10-13, no.10v
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.138, no.18r
Other number(s)
Ruland p.331 A.X.1
