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Head of the Virgin Mary c.1853-76
Salted paper print | 21.3 x 18.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851043
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A photograph of a drawing now in the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin. The drawing is probably copied from the figure of the Virgin in the so-called Holy Family of Francis I, a painting attributed to Raphael and his workshop (1518) now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.604). A photograph of the Holy Family of Francis I can be found in the Raphael Collection (RCIN 851028).
Showing the head and neck of a woman, with her head wrapped with a cloth, looking down to the left.Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Salted paper print
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21.3 x 18.4 cm (sheet of paper)
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Ruland : Ruland, C., 1876. The Works of Raphael Santi da Urbino as represented in the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by the Prince Consort, 1853-1861 and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Weimar – Ruland p.79 A.XXXVIII.14Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 170-177, no. 62
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