Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
Alphonse-Alexandre Leroy (1820-1902)
Figure studies c.1858
Engraving on tinted paper | 18.4 x 26.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850836
A print after a drawing by Raphael (c.1507-08) formerly in the Musée Wicar, Lille, and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no.473; see RCIN 850835 for a photograph of it). Lettered with production details. Published in Choix de dessins de Raphael qui font partie de la collection Wicar à Lille, Paris 1858, plate XVIII.
The drawing is a preparatory study for the figure of St Bruno in the so-called Madonna del Baldacchino, a painting by Raphael now in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence (inv. no.1912, no.165; see RCIN 850829 for a photograph of it).
Showing the head of man slightly tilted to the left, on the left; and the half-length figure of a man holding a book, on the right.
The drawing is a preparatory study for the figure of St Bruno in the so-called Madonna del Baldacchino, a painting by Raphael now in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence (inv. no.1912, no.165; see RCIN 850829 for a photograph of it).
Showing the head of man slightly tilted to the left, on the left; and the half-length figure of a man holding a book, on the right.
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Creator(s)
Alphonse-Alexandre Leroy (1820-1902) (artist)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Saint Bruno -
18.4 x 26.3 cm (sheet of paper)
12.5 x 20.1 cm (image)
16.8 x 25.1 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
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.67 A.XXIII.8
Bibliographic reference(s)
Brejon de Lavergnée 1997 : Brejon de Lavergnée, B, 1997. Catalogue des dessins Italiens. Collections du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Paris p. 185, no. 532
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p. 176, no. 178
Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp. 276-281, no. 40
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