"La fornarina": a woman seated wearing an elaborate hat, with her breasts undraped. Line engraving by D. Cunego, 1772, after Raphael.

  • Raphael, 1483-1520.
Date:
[1773]
Reference:
2864407i
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Description

In 1823 the plate was modified to cover up the breasts with a white cloth (Pezzini, loc. cit.). The present engraving was printed before that modification. In the background are myrtle bushes

Publication/Creation

[Romae [Rome]] : [cura et impensis Gavini Hamilton pictoris [Gavin Hamilton]], [1773]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; image 23.3 x 16.7 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Raphaelis amasia, vulgò La fornarina. Exstat Romae in aedibus Barberinis. Raphael Urbinas pinxit ; Dom. Cunego sculpsit Romae 1772

Edition

[State before the plate was modified to cover up the breasts].

References note

G.B. Pezzini, S. Massari, S.P. Valenti Rodinò, Raphael invenit, Roma: Edizioni Quasar, 1985, Ritratti XVI.1, pp. 230 and 784

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2864407i

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