Live Auction 17420Old Masters/New Scholars: Works of Art Sold to Benefit Rugby School
After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Urbino 1483-1520 Rome), Italian School, first half 16th Century
Lot 89

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Urbino 1483-1520 Rome), Italian School, first half 16th Century

Saint Michael triumphing over the devil

Closed4 December 2018

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After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Urbino 1483-1520 Rome), Italian School, first half 16th Century
Saint Michael triumphing over the devil
with inscription '# ° 1' (verso)
pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white
16 7/8 x 11¼ in. (42.8 x 28.4 cm); and two further drawings:
(ii) Italian School, 17th Century, Figures from the Disputa, after Raphael, red chalk, 16 1/8 x 10½ in. (41.1 x 26.8 cm)
(iii) Italian School, 16th Century, Figures from the Transfiguration, after Raphael, pen and brown ink, red wash, on two sheets of paper, 12½ x 7 in. (31.8 x 17.8 cm)
(3)

(i) Possibly Pierre Crozat, Paris (1665-1740) (his number '56').
John Watkins Brett, London (1805-1863); Christie's, 8 April 1864, lot 493, 'Raffaello – St. Michael – Indian ink' (1gn. to Bloxam).
M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum.
(ii) John Watkins Brett, London (1805-1863); Christie's, 8 April 1864, lot 517, 'Raffealle – A group of figures, &.– red chalk 2' (£1.8s to Bloxam)
M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his inscription 'Rugby School Art Museum e dono Matt: H: Bloxam/ May. 1880' (on the mount).
(iii) M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum.

Specialist note

This large and detailed drawing copies Raphael's picture, commissioned by the Duke of Urbino, Lorenzo de'Medici, as a diplomatic gift to King Francis I of France, which is now in the Louvre (inv. 610; J. Meyer zur Capellen, Raphael. A Critical Catalogue of his Paintings. The Roman Religious Paintings, II, ca. 1508-1520, Landshut, 2005, no. 61, ill.). The painting was finished in May 1518 and presented to the King in Nantes on 10 August of that year. The present drawing shows a number of subtle differences from the painting, like the landscape in the background, which might be explained by the fact that the painting was already restored in 1540 by Primaticcio. It is also possible that this sheet copies a ricordo of the painting. Three studies for the picture and a large number of drawn and printed copies after the painting survive (ibid., p. 166).