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Object Type
Museum number: 1864,1008.28
Title: Object: Raphael and Fornarina
Description: A couple in Renaissance dress seated in conversation; the woman with a dog in her lap and holding a mirror in her left hand, while he sits beside her, pointing upwards at two doves; a cat standing on hind legs in front of him snarls at the dog; trees and a fountain in the background to left; state before title. 1826 Mezzotint
Producer name: Print made by: Samuel William Reynolds I; After: Sebastiano del Piombo (?); Published by: Molteno; Published by: Chaillou-Potrelle
School/style: British; Italian
Production date: 1826
Production place: Published in: London (England); Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 420 millimetres; Width: 272 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Christopher Lennox-Boyd describes two states not listed by Whitman: an unlettered proof, which is either earlier than Whitman's first state or comes between his first and second; and a state with the title strengthened, later than his second.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Representation of: Raphael; Representation of: Margherita Luti
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1864
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1864,1008.28

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