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Studies for the 'Norton Simon Madonna' c.1853-76
Albumen print | 24.5 x 17.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851197
After Raphael (1483-1520)
Studies for the 'Norton Simon Madonna' c.1853-76
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A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1502-03) formerly in the Wicar Museum, Lille, and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no.442). The studies are preparatory for the figure of the Virgin in the so-called Norton Simon Madonna, a painting by Raphael now in the Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena (inv. no.M.1972.2.P).
The photograph shows the seated figure of a model, holding an open book in his left hand and looking down to the left; another study of tha hand holding the book at bottom centre.Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
24.5 x 17.8 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.141, no.34r
Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp.144-50, under no.11
