Raphael's Drawing of Countess Matilda and the Original Dado in the Stanza dell'Incendio

One of the finest of the drawings by Raphael (1483-1520) among those that were recently on view at the Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, on the occasion of the quincentenary of the artist's death, was a red chalk study of a seated female figure from the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Fig. 1 and front co...

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Published in:Master drawings 2021-10, Vol.59 (3), p.321
Main Author: Gravanis, Konstantinos
Format: Article
Language:English
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Art exhibits
Portraits
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio) (1483-1520)
Renaissance period
Visual artists
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Summary:One of the finest of the drawings by Raphael (1483-1520) among those that were recently on view at the Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, on the occasion of the quincentenary of the artist's death, was a red chalk study of a seated female figure from the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Fig. 1 and front cover).1 Known under the dubious title Allegory of Fides and dated around 1514, this work has been described as one of the most important mid- to late twentieth-century additions to the Raphael canon of drawings. Its attribution to the artist by Karl Parker, who published it in 1956, has never been disputed owing to the great finesse of its execution, most notably in the sculptural treatment of the figure, the expressive power of the deeply folded drapery, and its remarkable effects of luminosity.
ISSN:0025-5025
2330-0515