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After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
Study for a figure of a muse c.1853-76
Albumen print | 24.6 x 21.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852487
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A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1510) now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.219r). The drawing is a study for the figure of the muse seated to the left of Apollo in Raphael's fresco of Parnassus, painted in c.1510-11 in the Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican. Because in the fresco the figure is depicted holding a flute, it has been suggested that she may be Euterpe, the muse ruling over music.
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
24.6 x 21.9 cm (sheet of paper)
Other number(s)
Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.192, no.240r
