Studies for the Christ Child and His left Foot c.1800-1876
Lithograph | 30.1 x 18.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850802
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A lithographic facsimile of a drawing by Raphael (c.1507) now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no. WA 1855.91). The drawing is a preparatory study for the figure of the Christ Child in the so-called La Belle Jardinière (1508) now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.602; see RCIN 850796 for a photograph of it). A photograph of the drawing can be found at RCIN 850802.
Showing the standing Child, looking up to the right; on the right hand side of the sheet are four studies for His left foot.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Lithograph
Measurements
30.1 x 18.8 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford no. 122r
Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp. 157-263, no. 35