Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin). Engraving by J. Bein, 1842, after Raphael (?).

  • Raphael, 1483-1520.
Date:
[between 1840 and 1849]
Reference:
3321i
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Description

Lettering identifies the subject as Sainte Apolline (Apollonia) although the attributes of Saint Apollonia are not shown. According to the catalogue of the Musée du Louvre (loc. cit.), the subject is the Virgin Annunciate from a dispersed polyptych from the church of Sant'Agostino in Perugia, commissioned from Perugino in 1502, and subsequently destroyed ("la Vierge de l'Annonciation déposée à Strasbourg, à brûlé pendant la guerre de 1870")

Publication/Creation

À Paris (Boulevard des Italiens 11) : Publié par A. Hauser, [between 1840 and 1849] ([Paris?] : Imp.ie de Bougeard)

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; platemark 42.5 x 31.4 cm

Lettering

S.te Apolline. Le tableau original peint sur bois est au Musée Royal de Strasbourg. Raphaël pinxit. J.Bein sculp.t. 1842.

Creator/production credits

Lettering identifies the author as Raphael; according to other sources, il Perugino

References note

Catalogue sommaire illustré des peintures du Musée du Louvre, vol. II, Paris 1981, p. 216

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3321i

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