Raphael and Fornarina. In the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Northwick.
Painted by Sebastian del Piombo. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, Engraver to the King. London: Published July 1.st 1826, by Js. Ant.y Molteno 20 Pall Mall & Mess.rs Chaillou Potrelle, Paris. Mezzotint and etching, with large margins. Plate 425 x 272mm. 16¾ x 10¾". Some tears into the margins. A couple in Renaissance dress seated in conversation; the woman with a dog in her lap and holding a mirror in her left hand, while he sits beside her, pointing upwards at two doves; a cat standing on hind legs in front of him snarls at the dog; trees and a fountain in the background. Whitman: 425.
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