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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

      AFTER ENEA SALMEGGIA, CALLED TALPINO (1546/50-1626)

      Architectural sketches and figure studies

      c.1853-76

      Albumen print | 30.4 x 22.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851334

      A photograph of the verso of a drawing now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.135). The drawing, formely attributed to Raphael and Girolamo del Pacchia, is currently ascribed to Enea Salmeggia, called Il Talpino. A photograph of the recto of the sheet can be found at RCIN 851333.

      The photograph shows several architectural studies, and two sketches of a figure reading.

      • Creator(s)

        After Enea Salmeggia, called Talpino (1546/50-1626) (artist)

        After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

      • 30.4 x 22.6 cm (sheet of paper)

      • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

      • Subject(s)
        • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
          • Architecture
            • Architectural studies
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