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Two men on the stairs, a sketch of a head shouting and other studies c.1853-76
Albumen print | 27.3 x 19.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852560
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A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1509) now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.191).
The two figures ascending/descending steps appear (with slight changes) in the right half of Raphael's School of Athens. The sketch of the screaming head is for the Medusa head on Minerva's shield at upper right in the fresco.Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
27.3 x 19.7 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.190, no.231