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Studies

Studies

AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

The head of St Andrew

c.1853-1876

Albumen print | 20.9 x 18.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854432

A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1503) now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no. 470). Annotated on the verso.

In  the catalogue of the Italian drawings in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (see Bibliographic References), this drawing is described as an auxiliary cartoon for the head of St Andrew in the Coronation of the Virgin, the so-called 'Oddi Altarpiece' (or 'Pala Oddi'), executed by Raphael in 1503-04 and now in the Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City (inv. no.334). See RCIN 851349 for a photograph of the painting.
  • Creator(s)

    After Raphael (1483-1520) (draughtsman)

    Subject(s)

    St Andrew [apostle]
  • annotation: right centre [verso, bottom centre, in ink]

  • 20.9 x 18.5 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.179-180, no. 516

    Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p. 144, no. 48

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.331 A.XIII.1