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Vatican Frescoes

    ALPHONSE-ALEXANDRE LEROY (1820-1902)

    Study of three feet

    published 1858

    Crayon-manner | 22.4 x 20.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852508

    A facsimile of a drawing by Raphael (c.1510) now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no.Pl 446). Published in 'Choix de dessins de Raphael qui font partie de la collection Wicar à Lille', Paris 1858. The upper feet connect with the figure often identified as Horace, standing in the lower right corner of Raphael's fresco of Parnassus, painted in c.1510-11 in the the Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican. The lower study is for the right foot of the figure standing to the left of 'Horace', holding a finger on his lips.

    • Creator(s)

      Alphonse-Alexandre Leroy (1820-1902) (printmaker)

      After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

    • 22.4 x 20.7 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      p.191, no.236r (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)

      p.188, no.538v (Brejon de Lavergnée 1997 : Brejon de Lavergnée, B, 1997. Catalogue des dessins Italiens. Collections du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Paris)

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