F***M***, after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael

Mary Caroline, Dowager Duchess of Sutherland (1848–1912), Carbisdale Castle, Scotland;

Acquired by Colonel Theodore Emile Salvesen of Culrain (1863–1942), Carbisdale Castle, in 1933;

By descent to his son Captain Harold Keith Salvesen, Scotland (1897–1970);

By whom donated to the Scottish Youth Hostels Association in 1945;

Their sale et al., London, Sotheby's, 20 May 2015, lot 16;

Where acquired by the present owner.

A 19^th-century copy after the painting by Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Urbino 1483–1520 Rome) in the Galleria Palatina, Florence (inv. 1912 no. 151).¹

Formerly in the collection of Carbisdale Castle, a beautiful Scots Baronial residence situated in the heart of the Highlands. Constructed between 1906 and 1917 for Mary Caroline, Dowager Duchess of Sutherland (1848–1912), it was the last castle to be built in Scotland. Housed within was an impressive collection of European 19^th-century sculpture and quality 19^th-century copies of Old Masters or original British landscapes.

In the years between 1954 and 2010 the castle operated as a youth hostel, after it was generously donated to the Scottish Youth Hostels Association by Captain Harold Keith Salvesen, who in turn inherited the castle and its entire collection from his father Colonel Theodore Emile Salvesen of Culrain.

¹ J. Meyer zur Capellen, Raphael. A Critical Catalogue of his Paintings. The Roman Religious Paintings, ca. 1508–1520, Landshut 2005, pp. 137–43, no. 57, reproduced in colour.