Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
Study for the head of the Virgin
c.1853-76Albumen print | 25.2 x 18.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851298
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1502-03) now in the British Museum, London (inv. no.1895,0915.611). The drawing is a study for the figure of the Virgin.
The photograph shows the head and shoulders of a veiled female figure, her head tilted down to the left and her eyes cast down.
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
25.2 x 18.9 cm (sheet of paper)
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.142, no.35r (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
p.37, no.18 (Gere/Turner 1983 : J.A. Gere and Nicholas Turner, 1983. Drawings by Raphael from the Royal Library, the Ashmolean, the British Museum, Chatsworth and other English collections, London)
