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Studies

Studies

AFTER POLIDORO DA CARAVAGGIO (C.1499-C.1543)

Washerwomen

c.1853-1876

Albumen print | 15.7 x 11.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854391

A photograph of a red chalk drawing by Polidoro da Caravaggio now in the Musée Atger, Montpellier (inv. MA 375r). Annotated on the verso.

This drawing has been dated c. 1523-1526.

This drawing depicts two washerwomen with a view of Castle St Angelo and the dome of St Peter's Basilica, Rome. This drawing features a similar subject on the verso (a photograph of the verso can be found at RCIN 854390).
  • Creator(s)

    After Polidoro da Caravaggio (c.1499-c.1543) (draughtsman)

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

  • 15.7 x 11.7 cm (sheet of paper)

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

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Italy
          • Lazio [Italy]
            • Rome [Lazio]
              • Vatican City [Rome]
                • St. Peter's Basilica [Vatican City]
              • Castel Sant' Angelo [Rome]
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
  • Other number(s)

    Ruland p.326 B.XLIII.1