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Study for the figure of Christ published 1858
Aquatint | 48.8 x 37.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852411
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A facsimile of a drawing by Raphael (c.1509) currently in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no.Pl 471). The drawing is thought to be a preparatory study for the figure of Christ in Raphael's Disputa (The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament), painted in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican between 1508 and 1511. Lettered with artists' names in the lower margin. Published in Choix de dessins de Raphael qui font partie de la collection Wicar à Lille, Paris, 1858.
Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Aquatint
Measurements
48.8 x 37.7 cm (sheet of paper)
44.4 x 32.9 cm (platemark)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Hattori 2007: Hattori, C, D'après les maîtres: Léonard de Vinci, Raphael, Watteau, Goya, Courbet...La gravure d'interprétation d'Alphonse Leroy (1820-1902) à Omer Bouchery (1882-1962), Lille, 2007 no.5
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.185, no.121r
Brejon de Lavergnée 1997 : Brejon de Lavergnée, B, 1997. Catalogue des dessins Italiens. Collections du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Paris p.186, no.534
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