Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
Head of a woman c.1853-76
Albumen print | 18.9 x 14.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851013
A photograph of a drawing now in the British Museum, London (inv. 1860,0616.120), generally believed to be a copy after the head of the Virgin in the so-called Madonna di Loreto, a painting by Raphael (c.1511) housed in the Musée Condé, Chantilly (inv. no.68; see RCIN 850869 for a print reproducing this painting and further information about it).
Showing the head and neck of a woman, looking down to the left.
Showing the head and neck of a woman, looking down to the left.
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Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
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18.9 x 14.7 cm (sheet of paper)
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Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.77 A.XXXVII.13
Bibliographic reference(s)
Italian Drawings [...] British Museum: Raphael and his circle: catalogue, 1962 / Philip Pouncey and J.A. Gere, London p. 38, no. 47
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 183-189, no. 64
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