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      AFTER? RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

      A nude man kneeling 

      c.1853-1876

      Salted paper print | 20.7 x 14.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854400

      A photograph of a drawing that Ruland (1876) catalogued as being then in the possession of the Duke of Aumale (1822-1897), Paris.  This drawing depicts a nude man kneeling and holding a pole or a lance over his shoulder, probably representing St John the Baptist. Annotated on the verso.

      • Creator(s)

        After? Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (draughtsman)

      • 20.7 x 14.5 cm (sheet of paper)

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

      • Subject(s)
        • Science, Medicine and Technology
          • Engineering & Technology
            • Military engineering
              • Arms (weapons)
                • Side arms (weapons)
                  • Lances
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
      • Other number(s)

        Ruland p.327 B.LI.1

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