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Tapestries

AFTER A WORK ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORKSHOP OF RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

The Adoration of the Shepherds

c.1853-76

Albumen print | 29.6 x 22.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853257

A photograph of a drawing generally attributed to the workshop of Raphael (G.F. Penni?) now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3460). Both the authorship of the sheet and its role have often been questioned. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.

The composition was engraved, in reverse and with a few differences, by an anonymous artist of the school of Marcantonio Raimondi. See RCIN 853253.

The lower half of the composition has been used for the tapestry of the same subject part of the so-called Scuola Nuova set depicting scenes from the Life of Christ. See RCIN 853255.
  • Creator(s)

    After a work attributed to the workshop of Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    Subject(s)

    Saint Joseph
    Blessed Virgin Mary
  • 29.6 x 22.1 cm (sheet of paper)

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

  • Subject(s)
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Life of Christ
            • Infancy of Christ
              • Adoration of the Shepherds
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.31, fig.14

    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.513-6, no.887

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.256 C.II.4