Portraits
Portraits
FREDERICK CHRISTIAN LEWIS (1779-1856)
A self-portrait of Raphael
published 1 May 1818Crayon manner etching | 41.0 x 32.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850006
A facsimile etching reproducing a drawing by Raphael (c.1498-1499) now in the British Museum (inv. no.1860,0616.94). This print is lettered with the attribution of the design to Raphael, title and publication details. Published in William Young Ottley's 'Italian School of Design' (1808-23). Signed by the printmaker.
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". See RCIN 850007 for a photograph of a drawing by Raphael now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford which is inscribed with the same phrase.
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". See RCIN 850007 for a photograph of a drawing by Raphael now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford which is inscribed with the same phrase.
Creator(s)
Frederick Christian Lewis (1779-1856) (etcher)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Ottley, W.Y.: Kensington (publisher)
Subject(s)
Raphael (1483-1520)41.0 x 32.3 cm (sheet of paper)
32.8 x 24.2 cm (platemark)
RAFFAELLO SANZIO DI URBINO / The portrait of himself when a youth
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- visual works
Bibliographic reference(s)
Italian Drawings [...] British Museum: Raphael and his circle: catalogue, 1962 / Philip Pouncey and J.A. Gere, London pp. 2-3, n.1
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p. 135, no. 7v
Other number(s)
Ruland p.3 A.II.2
