The frescoes in the Vatican Palace commissioned by Popes Julius II and Leo X
Alphonse-Alexandre Leroy (1820-1902)
Study of an angel holding a tablet published 1858
Crayon manner | 36.2 x 26.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852619
A facsimile of a drawing by Raphael (c.1510) now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. Pl.433). Lettered with artists' names below image. Numbered in the upper right corner. Published in Choix de dessins de Raphael qui font partie de la collection Wicar à Lille, Paris 1858, pl. IV.
The drawing reproduced in this print is a study for the angel to the right of the allegorical figure of Theology, depicted in a roundel on the vault of the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. A photograph of the roundel can be found at RCIN 852612.
The drawing reproduced in this print is a study for the angel to the right of the allegorical figure of Theology, depicted in a roundel on the vault of the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. A photograph of the roundel can be found at RCIN 852612.
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Creator(s)
Alphonse-Alexandre Leroy (1820-1902) (printmaker)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
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36.2 x 26.1 cm (sheet of paper)
32.2 x 21.5 cm (platemark)
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Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Angels
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Places
- Europe
- Italy
- Lazio [Italy]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican-Stanza della Segnatura-Ceiling
- Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Lazio [Italy]
- Italy
- Europe
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.195 F.I.7
Bibliographic reference(s)
Hattori 2007: Hattori, C, D'après les maîtres: Léonard de Vinci, Raphael, Watteau, Goya, Courbet...La gravure d'interprétation d'Alphonse Leroy (1820-1902) à Omer Bouchery (1882-1962), Lille, 2007 no.3b
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.194, no.247
Brejon de Lavergnée 1997 : Brejon de Lavergnée, B, 1997. Catalogue des dessins Italiens. Collections du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Paris p.187, no.536
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