Portraits
Portraits
The Violin Player
after 1860Carbon print | 70.7 x 54.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850113
A photograph reproducing 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. Not in Ruland (1876).
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)
After a work attributed to Sebastiano Del Piombo (1485-1547) (artist)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
70.7 x 54.9 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Music
- Musicians
- Violinists
- Musicians
- Music
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
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)
