Adolphe André Wacquez (b. 1814)
Drapery studies for the figure of Homer published 1858
Crayon-manner, printed in brown ink | 31.8 x 22.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852484
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A facsimile of a drawing by Raphael (c.1510) now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no.Pl 453). Published in Choix de dessins de Raphael qui font partie de la collection Wicar à Lille, Paris 1858.
The drapery studies connect with the figure of Homer, standing in the upper left of Raphael's fresco of Parnassus, painted in c.1510-11 in the Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Crayon-manner, printed in brown ink
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31.8 x 22.5 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 p.191, no.237r
Brejon de Lavergnée 1997 : Brejon de Lavergnée, B, 1997. Catalogue des dessins Italiens. Collections du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Paris pp.187-8, no.537v
