Architectural Details and a Soldier [verso]

Raphael

Associated Names
Raphael

Artist, Marchigian, 1483 - 1520

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Woodner Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 21.9 x 27.4 cm (8 5/8 x 10 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1993.51.3.b

Associated Artworks

This is a drawing of a horse in a rearing position, captured in thin red lines against beige paper. The horse faces the right, its back legs only visible above the knees and its front legs raised into the air. Various measurements and annotations are visible, suggesting a study or preparatory work focusing on proportion and form. The horse's mouth is open, and its mane and tail have been cut short.

A Marble Horse on the Quirinal Hill [recto]

Raphael

1513

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified collection (armorial blindstamp similar in format to Lugt 2736a, but with different field); Sir Peter Lely [1618-1680] (Lugt 2092), London; presumably William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire [1672-1729] (Lugt 718); by descent, Chatsworth (inv. no. 657) (sale, London, Christie's 6 July 1987, lot 10); (P. & D. Colnaghi, London, 1987); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990; gift to NGA, 1993.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1969

  • Old Master Drawings from Chatsworth, a Loan Exhibition from the Devonshire Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington and tour, 1969-1970, no. 56 (recto only).

1973

  • Old Master Drawings from Chatsworth: a Loan Exhibition from the Devonshire Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1973-1974, no. 56.

1975

  • Old Master Drawings from Chatsworth, a Loan Exhibition from the Devonshire Collection , National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 1975, no. 18.

1977

  • Old Master Drawings, a Loan from the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1977, no. 25 (recto only).

1983

  • Raphael in America, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1983, no. 127.

1984

  • Raphael Architteto, Museo Capitolini, Rome, 1984, no. 3.2.10, p. 408.

1987

  • Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, (hors de catalogue).

1990

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 16 (recto and verso).

1993

  • Nine Old Master Drawings: Recent Gifts from the Woodner Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993 (checklist only).

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 33, as A Marble Horse on the Quirinal Hill.

2020

  • Raffaello 1520-1483, Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

2022

  • The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Raphael, The National Gallery, London, 2022, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

2009

  • Franklin, David. From Raphael to Carracci: The Art of Papal Rome. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa, 2009: 116-117, 447, no. 16 (repro. in color; verso not exhibited).

Inscriptions

lower right in red chalk: disegno fate a Roma; lower center in red chalk: D-1-; lower right in brown ink: Perino 2 8; other numerical notations overall; verso, numerical notations overall

Wikidata ID

Q64620025

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