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      AFTER POLIDORO DA CARAVAGGIO (C. 1499-1543)

      Two washerwomen

      c.1860-1876

      Carbon print | 19.2 x 17.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854416

      A photograph of a red chalk drawing by Polidoro da Caravaggio (c.1525-1526) now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no. 400). This drawing depicts two washerwomen. See also RCIN 854415.

      This photograph is included in the Raphael Collection despite there appear to be no direct link between it and the works of Raphael.

      • Creator(s)

        After Polidoro da Caravaggio (c. 1499-1543) (draughtsman)

      • 19.2 x 17.4 cm (sheet of paper)

      • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)

      • Subject(s)
        • People
          • Women
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
      • Other number(s)

        Ruland p.329 B.LXVII.1

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