The James Isidor Kaiser Estate Part II - Important Old Masters, Decorative Art from the 15th-19th Centuries and a Magnificent Clock Collection
Lot 34509:
Pen and wash, white highlights, brown ink and gilded framing lines on paper
Initialed RU (lower right) and inscribed "Raffaello" (on the reverse).
19 x 9.7cm
Provenance: Padre Sebastian Resta , 1635 -1714, (L. 2992A);
Jonathan Richardson SR., 1665-1745, (L. 2983/2984);
Richard Payne Knight, 1751-1824, (L.1577/2233A);
Purchased by James Kaiser in Berlin, 1937 from Gallery Konrad Zimmermann. L.4240
Note: Visible guidelines (for enlargement ) throughout the paper (some faded). This drawing is most probably a preparation for one of 12 tapestries designed by Raphael for the Sistine Chapel, ordered by Pope Leo X, depicting the lives of the apostles. See relevant tapestry here.
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