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CATALOGUE.
DRAWINGS BY RAFFAELLO SANTI (or SANZIO).
PERIOD OF HIS YOUTH WHILST UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF PIETRO PERUGINO, CIRCA A.D. 1495--1504.
1.
Raffaello.
Standing figure of a young man playing a guitar.
Pen drawing in bistre.
Height, 5^ inches. Width, 4§ inches.
Collections: Antaldi* and Lawrence.
The figure is dressed in the tight-fitting doublet and hose
of the artist's own period; and wears a cap with a wide
border turned up into three peaks, the one in front rolled
up at the summit as a scroll. The beautiful head, with long
flowing hair, somewhat resembles that of Raffaello himself.
On the reverse of the sheet is a careful study from a
bronze two-handled vessel, a kind of jug or cenochoe of
well-known type, doubtless drawn from an actual antique
original. This latter study is executed in a formal style of
cross hatching, closely resembling that of Perugino, whereas
the standing figure is drawn with more freedom and with a
* The statement that this and many other drawings came from the
Antaldi Collection, rests on the authority of Woodburn; see the Oxford
Exhibition Catalogue. The present drawing, however, is not mentioned in
the manuscript Antaldi Catalogue reproduced in the Appendix (Note 17).
When any of the drawings said to have come from that source can be
identified as being described in the Catalogue in question the fact will be
noted in the text.
DRAWINGS BY RAFFAELLO SANTI (or SANZIO).
PERIOD OF HIS YOUTH WHILST UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF PIETRO PERUGINO, CIRCA A.D. 1495--1504.
1.
Raffaello.
Standing figure of a young man playing a guitar.
Pen drawing in bistre.
Height, 5^ inches. Width, 4§ inches.
Collections: Antaldi* and Lawrence.
The figure is dressed in the tight-fitting doublet and hose
of the artist's own period; and wears a cap with a wide
border turned up into three peaks, the one in front rolled
up at the summit as a scroll. The beautiful head, with long
flowing hair, somewhat resembles that of Raffaello himself.
On the reverse of the sheet is a careful study from a
bronze two-handled vessel, a kind of jug or cenochoe of
well-known type, doubtless drawn from an actual antique
original. This latter study is executed in a formal style of
cross hatching, closely resembling that of Perugino, whereas
the standing figure is drawn with more freedom and with a
* The statement that this and many other drawings came from the
Antaldi Collection, rests on the authority of Woodburn; see the Oxford
Exhibition Catalogue. The present drawing, however, is not mentioned in
the manuscript Antaldi Catalogue reproduced in the Appendix (Note 17).
When any of the drawings said to have come from that source can be
identified as being described in the Catalogue in question the fact will be
noted in the text.