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George Scharf (1820-95)

Details of gilt hemlines c.1840-1885

Pencil on tracing paper | RCIN 850687

Master: Details of gilt hemlines
Item: Details of a gilt hemline

George Scharf (1820-95)

Master: Details of gilt hemlines Item: Details of a gilt hemline c.1840-1885

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Master: Details of gilt hemlines
Item: Details of a gilt hemline

George Scharf (1820-95)

Master: Details of gilt hemlines Item: Details of a gilt hemline c.1840-1885

©

Master: Details of gilt hemlines
Item: Details of a gilt hemline and sleeve

George Scharf (1820-95)

Master: Details of gilt hemlines Item: Details of a gilt hemline and sleeve c.1840-1885

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Description

Three pencil tracings from Raphael’s Ansidei Madonna (1505) now in the National Gallery, London (inv. no.NG 1171). The tracings reproduce accurate details of the hemlines of the mantles of the Virgin and St John the Baptist, with various inscriptions.

Provenance

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

Creator(s)

Search the collection George Scharf (1820-95)
(draughtsman)

After
Search the collection Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
(artist)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Pencil on tracing paper

pencil
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
tracings
Subject(s)
Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
Decorative motifs
References

Other number(s)

Ruland : Ruland, C., 1876. The Works of Raphael Santi da Urbino as represented in the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by the Prince Consort, 1853-1861 and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Weimar – Ruland p.57 A.VII.2

Bibliographic reference(s)

Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp. 165-170, no. 16

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