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A Seraph

Date:: 1466–1524
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brush and rose wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk; outlines of design and framing outlines pricked and with traces of rubbed black pouncing dust
Dimensions:: 4-5/16 x 2-13/16 in. (11.0 x 7.1 cm)
Classification:: Drawings
Credit Line:: Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971
Accession Number:: 1972.118.253

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: Annotated in pen and brown ink on Ottley mount: Raffaello del Garbo.
Provenance

William Young Ottley (British, Thatcham, Berkshire 1771–1836 London); Sir Thomas Lawrence (British, Bristol 1769–1830 London); Dr. Carl Robert Rudolf, London (British, ca. 1884–1974); Walter C. Baker, New York; Donor: Walter C. Baker - New York
References

Jacob Bean, Lawrence Turcic 15th and 16th Century Italian Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1982, cat. no. 95, fig. no. 95, p. 103, ill.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Exh. cat., New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 16 - April 17, 1983. . New York, 1983.
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Who
Raffaellino del Garbo (also known as Raffaelle de' Capponi Raffaelle de' Carli) (4)
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Italy (20,983)
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A.D. 1400-1600 (20,545)
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