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? GILLES ANTOINE DEMARTEAU (1750-1802)

The Violin Player

c.1770-1802

Crayon-manner engraving | 45.8 x 33.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850112

An engraving which is loosely based on the so-called 'Violin Player', a painting now generally attributed to Sebastiano del Piombo and recently recorded as belonging to Baron E. de Rothschild in Paris. Lettered with the title and production details. Trimmed within the platemark. See RCIN 850113 for a photograph of the painting.

The painting was formerly in the Sciarra Collection in Rome and has been long regarded as a portrait by Raphael, an opinion also shared by Ruland (1876). Modern scholars are unanimous in rejecting this attribution, with the majority of them giving the painting to Sebastiano del Piombo. The identity of the sitter remains unknown. 1515 is believed to be the year beyond which the painting cannot be dated. See Bibliographic References for further information.

  • Creator(s)

    ? Gilles Antoine Demarteau (1750-1802) (engraver)

    After Monsiau, Nicolas André (1754-1837) (designer)

    After Sebastiano Del Piombo (1485-1547) (artist)

    After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

  • 45.8 x 33.4 cm (sheet of paper)
    40.0 x 30.7 cm (image)

  • RAPHAELE SANZIO ...

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

  • Subject(s)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Music
        • Musicians
          • Violinists
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    pp. 138-139, no. 19 (entry written by Mauro Lucco) (Sebastiano del Piombo 1485-1547 : edited by Claudio Strinati, Bernd Wolfgang Lindemann, 2008)