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      AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

      Various anatomical studies

      c.1853-1876

      Albumen print | 26.5 x 16.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854384

      A photograph of a pen and ink drawing by Raphael (c. 1498-1499) now in the British Museum (inv. no. 1860,0616.94). This drawing depicts a nude man seen from behind and various studies of arms. Annotated on the verso.

      This drawing is on the verso of a sheet depicting a self-portrait of Raphael (see RCIN 850005 for a photograph of it).

      • Creator(s)

        After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

      • annotation: right top [verso, bottom centre, in ink]

      • 26.5 x 16.5 cm (sheet of paper)

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

      • Subject(s)
        • People
          • Men
        • Science, Medicine and Technology
          • Medical sciences
            • Anatomy
              • Human body
              • Torsos
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
      • Bibliographic reference(s)

        Italian Drawings [...] British Museum: Raphael and his circle: catalogue, 1962 / Philip Pouncey and J.A. Gere, London n.1

        Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p. 135, no. 7r

        Other number(s)

        Ruland p.326 B.XXXVII.1

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