Unknown, Cast of a bust of Raphael
Unknown, Cast of a bust of Raphael
Unknown, Cast of a bust of Raphael
Unknown, Cast of a bust of Raphael

Cast of a bust of Raphael, 1833

Unknown

RA Collection: Art

On free display in Central Hall

This is a plaster cast of Giuseppe Fabris' bronze bust of Raphael (1833), which is located in a niche above Raphael’s tomb in the Pantheon, Rome. Fabris’ bust was itself made to replace an earlier marble bust by Paolo Naldini (1674) which in 1820 was moved to the Capitoline Museums in Rome.



This is one of eight busts of artists and architects installed in the 'Octagon' in the Main Galleries at Burlington House when the RA moved there in 1868. It lacks the shoulders of Fabris’ bust.

Further Reading

Maria H. Loh, Still Lives: Death, Desire, and the Portrait of the Old Master, Princeton, 2015, pp.44-6.

Object details

Title
Cast of a bust of Raphael
Artist/designer
Original attributed to
Date
1833
Object type
Sculpture
Medium
Plaster
Dimensions

700 mm x 420 mm x 300 mm

Collection
Royal Academy of Arts
Object number
04/1138
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