A flying angel c.1750-1850

Etching | 19.7 x 21.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852757

After a work by the circle of Raphael (1483-1520)

Description

An anonymous facsimile of a sheet now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.31). Parker (1956) mentioned that the drawing was etched in facsimile by the Marquis de Lagoy.

The drawing was formerly attributed to Raphael, and connected with the angel on the right of the The Sacrifice of Abraham, one of the four ceiling paintings of the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican.

Provenance

Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
People involved

Creator(s)

After a work by the circle of
Search the collection Raphael (1483-1520)
(artist)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Etching

etching

Measurements

19.7 x 21.5 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Category
General Subject Prints
Object type(s)
visual works
prints
Subject(s)
Religion & Theology
Religions and faiths
Christianity
Angels, demons, devils, saints
Angels
References

Other number(s)

Ruland : Ruland, C., 1876. The Works of Raphael Santi da Urbino as represented in the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by the Prince Consort, 1853-1861 and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Weimar – Ruland p.204 F.II.6

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