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After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
Studies of angels c.1853-76
Albumen print | 26.1 x 35.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852404
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A photograph of the recto side of a drawing by Raphael currently in the British Museum, London (inv. no.1895,0915.621). The studies of angels are preparatory for 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. A photograph of the verso can be found at RCIN 852405.
Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
26.1 x 35.7 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Catalogue of the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. v. P. Pouncey and J.A.Gere, Raphael and His Circle (1962); pp.26-7, no.31
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.186, no.217r
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