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After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
Pilaster decorations in the Loggia c.1853-76
Albumen print | 34.4 x 22.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853732
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A photograph of a drawing in the Royal Library, Windsor (RCIN 990047) copying elements of the decorations of the interior pilaster between the ninth and tenth bays of the Loggia, designed by Raphael and executed by his workshop (c.1517-19) in the Vatican. Annotated on verso.
The repeating sequence of decoration in the Logge - see Dacos 2008 (Bibliographic References) for more information - is strongly influenced by the antique; Raphael had studied antique sculpture and painting in Rome.Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
34.4 x 22.1 cm (sheet of paper)
Markings
annotation: Pil X [verso, centre, in ink]
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Bibliographic reference(s)
P&W : Popham, A.E. & Wilde, J., 1949. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London no.345
Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985 pp.27-38
Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pp.15-135
