Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
After Fra Bartolomeo (1475-1517)
The Head of a Child c.1853-76
Albumen print | 21.7 x 18.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850772
A photograph of a drawing now in the Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth (inv.no.708) where it is attributed to Bartolomeo della Porta. Ruland (1876) attributed the drawing to Raphael and considered it as a study from life for the head of the Christ Child in the so-called Canigiani Holy Family, a painting by Raphael now in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich (inv. no.WA 476; see RCIN 850756 for a photograph of it).
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Creator(s)
After Fra Bartolomeo (1475-1517) (draughtsman)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
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21.7 x 18.3 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
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Medical sciences
- Anatomy
- Heads
- Anatomy
- Medical sciences
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Christ Child
- Infancy of Christ
- Life of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.63 A.XVI.21
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