Portraits
Portraits
AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
A self-portrait of Raphael
c.1853-1876Albumen print | 27.0 x 16.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850005
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1498-1499) now in the British Museum (inv. no.1860,0616.94). This drawing is most likely a self-portrait by Raphael which has been inscribed by a later hand "Ritratto di se medessimo quando giovane", which translates as "portrait of himself when a youth". The same inscription is found on a drawing now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no. WA1846.158; see RCIN 850007 for a photograph of it).
This drawing features various anatomical studies on the verso (see RCIN 854384 for a photograph of the verso).
This drawing features various anatomical studies on the verso (see RCIN 854384 for a photograph of the verso).
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
27.0 x 16.0 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp. 2-3, n.1 (Italian Drawings [...] British Museum: Raphael and his circle: catalogue, 1962 / Philip Pouncey and J.A. Gere, London)
p. 135, no. 7v (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
