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God the Father dated 1783
Etching | 40.7 x 37.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852401
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A facsimile etching of a cartoon fragment by Raphael (c.1509) currently in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3868). The cartoon is for the figure of God the Father in the fresco of the Disputa (The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament), painted by Raphael in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican between 1508 and 1511. Dated and lettered with artists' names.
Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Etching
Measurements
40.7 x 37.5 cm (sheet of paper)
39.9 cm (Height) (platemark)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.189, no.226
Cordellier/Py 1992 : Raphael : son atelier, ses copistes, 1992 / par Dominique Cordellier et Bernadette Py, Paris (Inventaire general des dessins Italiens ; V / sous la direction de Francoise Viatte) p.123, no.136
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