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After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
Study for an allegorical figure of Theology c.1853-76
Albumen print | 20.5 x 14.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852617
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A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1510) now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.195r). The drawins is a study for the allegorical figure of Theology, depicted in a roundel on the vault of the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. Apparently the connexion of this drawing with the figure of Theology was first recorded by Ruland. A photograph of the roundel can be found at RCIN 852612.
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
20.5 x 14.6 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.194, no.246r
