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Tapestries

Tapestries

      AFTER A WORK COPYING RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

      Head of a woman turned three-quarters to the right

      c.1853-76

      Albumen print | 30.4 x 20.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853127

      A photograph of a drawing now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3992). The drawing is a copy of the head of a woman after Raphael's tapestry cartoon of 'The Death of Ananias' (see RCIN 912947).

      • Creator(s)

        After a work copying Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)

      • 30.4 x 20.7 cm (sheet of paper)

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

      • Bibliographic reference(s)

        p.273, no.392 (Cordellier/Py 1992 : Raphael : son atelier, ses copistes, 1992 / par Dominique Cordellier et Bernadette Py, Paris (Inventaire general des dessins Italiens ; V / sous la direction de Francoise Viatte))

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