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AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

A portrait of Bindo Altoviti

c.1700-1800

Engraving | 11.5 x 9.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850097

An anonymous engraving after the head in the portrait of Bindo Altoviti, a painting by Raphael (c.1516-18) now in the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC (Samuel Kress Collection, inv. no.1943.4.33). Trimmed within the platemark.

Traditionally, the painting was regarded as a self-portrait by Raphael. Its authorship has been disputed, but scholars are now almost unanimous in considering it an authentic work by Raphael. The identification of the sitter as Bindo Altoviti, a banker born in Rome in 1491 but of Florentine origin, is now universally accepted.

A print after this portrait is also included in the "Portraits by Raphael" section of the Raphael Collection; see RCIN 852054 for it.

  • Creator(s)

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

  • 11.5 x 9.7 cm (sheet of paper)
    6.6 x 4.7 cm (image)

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

  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    pp.109-14, no.72 (Capellen 2008 : Capellen, JM, 2008. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 3, The Roman Portraits ca.1508-1520)
    pp.279-84, no.77 (Henry/Joannides 2012 : Late Raphael, 2012. Edited by T. Henry and P. Joannides)