Raphael (1483-1520) second quarter nineteenth century
29.4 x 15.0 x 10.5 cm (whole object) | RCIN 41331
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A bronze bust of Raphael, facing half to the left, clean shaven and with long hair; on a turned socle. The bust is a reduction of part of the marble bust by Alessandro Rondoni (active 1674–1710) in the Louvre (formerly at the château de Meudon) which is itself a copy of the bust made by Paolo Naldini for the monument erected to Raphael and Annibale Carracci in the Pantheon in Rome in 1674.
Provenance
Given to Queen Victoria by Prince Albert, for her birthday, 24th May 1847. [Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010, pg 456]
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29.4 x 15.0 x 10.5 cm (whole object)
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