Head of a young man c.1853-76
Albumen print | 26.1 x 33.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852698
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A photograph of a cartoon fragment by Raphael (c.1512) now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3853). The fragment is from the original cartoon for the fresco of The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple, painted in 1511-12 in the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican, and corresponds with the head of the farther heavenly figure who runs alongside the armed rider in the centre-right foreground of the fresco.
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 33.3 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.217, no.335
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.232, no.316