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Tapestries

Tapestries

    AFTER A WORK COPYING RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

    Head of a woman turned three-quarters to the right

    c.1853-76

    Albumen print | 30.4 x 20.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853127

    A photograph of a drawing now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3992). The drawing is a copy of the head of a woman after Raphael's tapestry cartoon of 'The Death of Ananias' (see RCIN 912947).

    • Creator(s)

      After a work copying Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)

    • 30.4 x 20.7 cm (sheet of paper)

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

    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      p.273, no.392 (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))

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