A Marble Horse on the Quirinal Hill [recto]
c. 1513
Raphael
Artist, Marchigian, 1483 - 1520
Artwork overview
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Medium
red chalk and pen and brown ink, with stylus underdrawing and traces of leadpoint on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 21.9 x 27.4 cm (8 5/8 x 10 13/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1993.51.3.a
Associated Artworks
Architectural Details and a Soldier [verso]
Raphael
1483
Artwork history & notes
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
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.
Raffaello 1520-1483, Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, 2020, unnumbered catalogue.
2022
The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Raphael, The National Gallery, London, 2022, no. 62.
The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Raphael, The National Gallery, London, 2022, unnumbered catalogue.
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).
Jones, Roger and Nicholas Penny. Raphael. New Haven and London, 1983: 203-205, fig. 219 (recto only).
Knab, Eckhart, Erwin Mitsch and Konrad Oberhuber. Raphael, Die Zeichnungen. London, 1983: fig. 531 (recto only).
Joannides, Paul. The Drawings of Raphael. Los Angeles, 1983: no. 398 (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).
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
Melikian, Souren. "A Master Collector, Ian Woodner: An Eye for the Future." Art & Auction. (November 1987): 80, repro. p. 80.
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).
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.
2020
Faietti, Marzia, Lafranconi, Matteo, Di Teodoro, Matteo, Farinella. Raffaello, 1520-1483. Exh. cat. Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, 2020: 79, 165, 175, cat. IV.13
Inscriptions
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
Wikidata ID
Q64620024