Temperance dated 1517
Engraving | 16.0 x 22.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852595
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The composition of this engraving connects with the personification of Temperance, painted in the fresco of the Three Cardinal Virtues in the lunette of the so-called Jurisprudence Wall in the Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican. The engraving may be based upon a lost design by Raphael for the fresco. Signed with engraver's monogram: AV, and dated: 1517, at lower left.
A photograph of the fresco can be found at RCIN 852593.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving
Measurements
16.0 x 22.2 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.41, no.V.1 (entry by Stefania Massari)