1945 Photogravure Study Drapery Figure Head Raphael Renaissance Silverpoint XAN1 For Infants Columbia Britannica) (Please note that

Columbia Britannica) (Please note that there is printing on the reverse

Please note that the border on the left hand side is actually a metallic silver ink which shimmers at certain angles

This is an original 1928 photogravure of the ruins of Senftenberg Castle in the Kremstal Valley

Dimensions: Approximately 10 x 9

1945 Photogravure Study Drapery Figure Head Raphael Renaissance Silverpoint XAN1 For Infants Columbia Britannica) (Please note thatThis is an original 1945 black and white photogravure of a study of drapery on the left, and a study of a man's head on the right. These studies were done in silverpoint which is created by dragging a silver rod or wire across a surface. Raphael was a painter and architect of the High Renaissance period. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur.