LOT DETAILS

Materials:

black chalk over pounce marks, traces of stylus

Measurements:

12.01 in. (30.50 cm.) (height) by 8.74 in. (22.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

watermark encircled Saint Anthony's cross

Exhibited:

London, Woodburn's Gallery, A Catalogue of One Hundred Original Drawings by Raffaelle, collected by Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1836, no. 53. London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of Pictures, Drawings, Furniture and other Objects of Art, 1936-7, unnumbered. London, Royal Academy, Old Master Drawings, 1953, no. 71. London, Royal Academy, Italian Art and Britain, 1960, no. 524. London, British Museum, Drawings by Raphael from the Royal Library, the Ashmolean, the British Museum, Chatsworth and other English Collections, 1983, ed. J.A. Gere and N. Turner, no. 107.

Literature:

S. & A. Woodburn, Lawrence Gallery: A series of fac-similes of Original Drawings, by Raffaelle da Urbino, selected from the matchless collection formed by Sir Thomas Lawrence, late President of the Royal Academy, London, 1841, p. 8, pl. 22 ('Portrait of Raffaelle's Sister. A model for the famous fresco of the Galatea; finely drawn in black chalk. Very fine. Size, 12 inches by 9 inches. From the Collection of Lady Bentinck'). J.-D. Passavant, Raphael d'Urbin et son père Giovanni Santi, Paris, 1860, II, pp. 78, 540, no. xx (p. 78, in a list of drawings from the collection of William of Holland, 'La tête d'une des Muses, avec une coiffure qui ressemble à un turban, à la gauche d'Apollon'). C. Ruland, The Works of Raphael.. as represented in the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by H.R.H. the Prince Consort, 1853-1861 and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, London, 1876, p. 187, under nos. 82-5 ('82. Photograph of a black-chalk study from life for the head of the Muse with a turban; in the possession of Mr Boulton'). J.A. Crowe and G.B. Cavalcaselle, Raphael: his life and works. With particular reference to recently discovered records, and an exhaustive study of extant drawings and pictures, London, 1882, II, p. 87 ('The head of Clio, once in the collection of King William of Holland, subsequently in possession of Mr. Colnaghi in London, is described by Passavant, ii, p. 78'). O. Fischel, 'Some Lost Drawings by or near to Raphael', The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, XX, February 1912, p. 299, no. 15 ('Head of a Muse in the Parnassus'). O. Fischel, Raphael's Zeichnungen, V, 'Römische Anfänge und die Decke der ersten Stanze, Der Parnass, Die Jurisprudenz', Berlin, 1924, no. 253 ('Der Kopf der dritten Muse in der Gruppe rechts von Apollo'). A.E. Popham, 'The Drawings at the Burlington Fine Arts Club', The Burlington Magazine, LXX, February 1937, p. 87. O. Fischel, 'Raphael's Auxiliary Drawings', The Burlington Magazine, LXXI, October 1937, p. 167, pl. 1A. U. Middeldorf, Raphael's Drawings, New York, 1945, p. 43, pl. 55. A. Scharf, 'The Exhibition of Old Master Drawings at the Royal Academy', The Burlington Magazine, XCV, November 1953, p. 352 ('the impressive Head of a Youth - only rediscovered shortly before the last war - in the fresco of Parnassus'). A.E. Popham, 'Review: Die Zeichnungen von Hendrick Goltzius by E.K.J. Reznicek', The Burlington Magazine, CIV, September 1962, p. 396 ('the splendid study of the head of one of the Muses in the Parnassus'). R. Cocke and P. de Vecchi, The complete paintings of Raphael, New York, 1969, p. 103, ill. A. Forlani-Tempesti, 'The Drawings', in M. Salmi, The Complete Works of Raphael, New York, 1969, no. 127. L. Dussler, Raphael, a critical catalogue of his pictures, wall paintings and tapestries, London, 1971, p. 76. M. Prisco and P. de Vecchi, L'opera completa di Raffaello, Milan, 1979, p. 103, ill. ('Studio per una musa'). P. Joannides, The Drawings of Raphael with a complete catalogue, Oxford, 1983, no. 245. E. Knab, E. Mitsch and K. Oberhuber, Raphael, Die Zeichnungen, Stuttgart, 1983, no. 378. F. Ames-Lewis, The Draftsman Raphael, London, 1986, pp. 37, 98-9, fig. 118 ('the exquisite, sensuously drawn head for one of the Muses in the Parnassus'). C. Bambach, Drawing and Painting in the Italian Renaissance Workshop: Theory and Practice, 1300-1600, Cambridge, 1999, pp. 324 and 485, note 95. A. Emiliani and M. Scolaro, Raffaello: La Stanza della Segnatura, Milan, 2002, p. 48, ill.

Provenance:

Gosuinus Uilenbroek, Amsterdam, by 1725; probably his sale, Beukelaar, Amsterdam, 23 October 1741, lot F.65, 'Vrouwe Hooft levens groote, met swart kryt van den zelven [Rafael]' (sold for 6.15 florins). Lady Bentinck (according to the Woodburn's Gallery exhibition in 1836). Sir Thomas Lawrence (L. 2445). with Woodburn's Gallery, London; from whom purchased by. The Prince of Orange, later King William II of Holland; his sale, The Hague, 19 August 1850, lot 24, 'RAPHAEL. La soeur de Raphael, dessin à la pierre d'Italie. La resemblance entre ce portrait et les Madonnes du peintre, fait présumer que la soeur lui a servi souvent de modèle' (500 florins to Colnaghi). with Colnaghi, London, 1850. Boulton Collection (according to Ruland, loc. cit.). M. Marignane (L. 1872); from whom purchased by an English collector, in or before 1936.