Saint Catherine. Copy after Raphael
About this artwork
This drawing is part of an album of studies by the Scottish artist Richard Cooper. It is based on Raphael’s painting Saint Catherine of Alexandria, dated to about 1507, now in the collection of the National Gallery in London, and is one of several drawings in the album made by Cooper after Raphael. It is drawn on thin oiled or varnished paper which is firmly stuck down onto the pages of the album itself. Cooper is best known for his preparatory drawings for prints after old master paintings.
Updated 2021
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artist:Richard CooperScottish (1740 - 1814)
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title:Saint Catherine. Copy after Raphael
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Pencil on oiled paper
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measurements:36.30 x 27.60 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Miss M. Eyre Gift 1959
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accession number:D 4823 I F.XXXVI
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Richard Cooper
Richard Cooper
Born in Edinburgh, Cooper was apprenticed to his father, the artist Richard Cooper, the Elder (1701 – 1764) and trained as a reproductive engraver. He is best known for his landscape drawings and his copy drawings after paintings by the old masters. He spent much of the 1760s and 1770s on an...
