Drawing/ album

in the style of Raphael (1483 - 1520)

British Museum

1498-1520

A putto with a trident, copy after a fresco in the Farnesina. Part of an album of drawings belonging to Lord James Cavendish MP (d 1741), son of the second Duke of Devonshire (1665-1729), founder of the great collection of drawings at Chatsworth. The collection of drawings form an interesting relic of the great age of collecting in England.

• Medium: red chalk
• Dimensions: 19.8 x 18.5cm
• ArtFunded in: 1951

Provenance

Collection of Lord James Cavendish

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