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Raphael

A Marble Horse on the Quirinal Hill [recto], c. 1513

Not on View

Medium

red chalk and pen and brown ink, with stylus underdrawing and traces of leadpoint on laid paper

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Woodner Collection

Accession Number

1993.51.3.a

Artists / Makers

Raphael (artist) Marchigian, 1483 - 1520

Image Use

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Inscription

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

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

Chatsworth House Trust
Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., P. & D.
Devonshire, William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of
Lely, Peter, Sir
Woodner Family Collection, Inc., Ian, The
Woodner and Ms. Andrea Woodner, Dian, Ms.
Woodner, Ian

Exhibition History

1969: Old Master Drawings from Chatsworth, a Loan Exhibition from the Devonshire Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and tour to Philadelphia Museum of Art; Pierpont Morgan Library, New York; Art Gallery of Toronto; Art Institute of Chicago; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco; William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, MO; and Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 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 and America, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 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.

2006: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.

2009: From Raphael to the Carracci: The Art of Papal Rome. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2009, 116-117, 447, no. 16 (entry by David Franklin) (color).

2017: The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.

2020: Raphael: 1520-1483, Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, 2020, no. IV.13, repro.

2022: The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Raphael, The National Gallery, London, 2022, no. 62.

Bibliography

1976: Buddensieg, T. "Criticism of Ancient Architecture in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries." Classical Influences on European Culture, A.D. 1500 - 1700. Ed. R. R. Bolgar. London, 1976: 347, fig. 11b.

1982: Nesselrath, Arnold. "Antico and Monte Cavallo." The Burlington Magazine.(June 1982): 353-356, fig. 37 (recto only).

1983: Gere, J.A. and Nicholas Turner. Drawings by Raphael. London, 1983: no. 127 (recto only).

1983: Joannides, Paul. The Drawings of Raphael. Los Angeles, 1983: no. 398 (recto only).

1983: Jones, Roger and Nicholas Penny. Raphael. New Haven and London, 1983: 203-205, fig. 219 (recto only).

1983: Knab, Eckhart, Erwin Mitsch and Konrad Oberhuber. Raphael, Die Zeichnungen. London, 1983: fig. 531 (recto only).

1986: Bober, Phyllis Pray and Ruth Rubinstein. Renaissance Artists and Antique Sculpture, A Handbook of Sources. London, 1986: 125, 160, fig. 125a (recto only).

1986: Nesselrath, Arnold. "I libri di disegni di antichita. Tentativo di una tipologia." In Salvatore Settis, ed. Memoria dell'antico nell'arte italiana. 3 vols. Turin, 1986: 3:115-116, fig. 74.

1987: Gere, J.A. Drawings by Raphael and His Circle From British and North American Collections. Exh. cat. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1987, no. 20 (not exhibited).

1987: Melikian, Souren. "A Master Collector, Ian Woodner: An Eye for the Future." Art & Auction. (November 1987): 80, repro. p. 80.

1994: Jaffé, Michael. The Devonshire Collection of Italian Drawings. 4 Vols. London, 1994: II: Roman and Neopolitan Schools, no. 315.

2008: Trevisani, Filippo and Davide Gasparotto, eds. Bonacolsi, l'Antico: uno scultore nella Mantova di Andrea Mantegna e di Isabella d'Este. Exh. cat. Palazzo Ducale, Mantua. Milan, 2008: 52 fig. 5, 53 n. 26, incorrectly citing accession number as 1993.51.3.b.

2009: Franklin, David. "Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael." From Raphael to Carracci: The Art of Papal Rome. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2009: 116, 447, no. 16.

2014: Mayhew, Timothy David, Steven Hernandez, Philip L. Anderson, and Supapan Seraphin. "Natural Red Chalk in Traditional Old Master Drawings." Journal of the American Institute for Conservation. (2014): 91, fig. 1.