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Cupid as the winner of the races c.1853-76
Albumen print | 20.5 x 25.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853893

After a work copying the workshop of Raphael (1483-1520)
Cupid as the winner of the races c.1853-76
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A photograph of a drawing catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being a pen and ink drawing then in the possession of Herr Heubel, Berlin, after the fresco, designed by Raphael, depicting Cupid as the winner of the races from the stufetta, or bathroom, in the apartments of Cardinal Bibbiena in the Vatican Palace. The stufetta was frescoed with mythological subjects by Raphael's workshop c.1516. Annotated on verso.
Cardinal Bibbiena had a close friendship with Raphael, patronising him on a number of occasions and, it would seem, facilitating the betrothal of the artist to his niece. In addition to the stufetta, Raphael's workshop also painted Cardinal Bibbiena's loggia. Both spaces were designed in a manner imitating ancient Roman painted decoration, and included depictions of episodes from Ovid, grotesques and ornamental motifs. The stufetta was rediscovered in the nineteenth century and survives in a much damaged form today; the loggetta was not rediscovered until the twentieth century.Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
20.5 x 25.4 cm (sheet of paper)
Markings
annotation: left Top [verso, top centre, in ink]
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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.278 A.VI.VIII.7Bibliographic reference(s)
Jones/Penny 1983 : Jones, R. and Penny, N. Raphael, 1983 pp.192-94
Cordellier/Py 1992 : Raphael : son atelier, ses copistes, 1992 / par Dominique Cordellier et Bernadette Py, Paris (Inventaire general des dessins Italiens ; V / sous la direction de Francoise Viatte) pp.324-25