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      JACOB BONNEAU (D. 1786)

      Head of a child

      c.1720-76

      Engraving with etching | 27.6 x 20.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852686

      A print described by Ruland (1876) as a reversed reproduction of the head of one of the children painted in Raphael's fresco of The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple, executed in 1511-12 in the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican. Lettered with artists' names. Annotated in pencil at lower right.

      • Creator(s)

        Jacob Bonneau (d. 1786) (engraver)

        After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

      • annotation: 4 [front, lower right, in pencil]

      • 27.6 x 20.4 cm (sheet of paper)

        25.5 x 19.0 cm (platemark)

      • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

      • Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • prints
      • Other number(s)

        Ruland p.200 B.25

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