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Anne Claude Philippe, Comte de Caylus (1692-1765)
A group of draped figures in a variety of poses c.1712-55
Etching | 28.9 x 44.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852433
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A reversed facsimile etching of a drawing currently in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3884 v). Lettered with artists' names within image. Numbered at top left: 13.
The Louvre drawing is thought to be a copy of a compositional study by Raphael (now lost), preparatory for the lower left-hand group in the Disputa (The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament) painted in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican between 1508 and 1511. A photograph of the drawing can be found at RCIN 852437.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Etching
Measurements
28.9 x 44.2 cm (sheet of paper)
28.1 x 43.7 cm (platemark)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Catalogue of the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. v. P. Pouncey and J.A.Gere, Raphael and His Circle (1962); p.29, under no.33
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) p.109, no.96
