A female head c.1735-75
Engraving with etching | 23.2 x 17.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853511
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A print stated by Ruland (1876) to reproduce the 'head of the nearest standing female figure' in the fresco The infant Moses found by the river painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the eighth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Lettered with the engraver's signature and attribution of the figure to Raphael. Annotated in person in the bottom right corner: 3d.
Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving with etching
Measurements
23.2 x 17.2 cm (sheet of paper)
Markings
annotation: 3
[recto, bottom right, in pencil] watermark: A heart, followed by the letters 'SA [indistinguishable]; FIN[?]' [centre, Possibly Sauvade? ]
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