Benoît Audran I (1661-1721)
Justice c. 1700
Etching | 42.5 x 37.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852640
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An etching after one of the four roundels painted by Raphael in the vault of the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. Second state, numbered in the lower right corner: 3, and with letters below image. On watermarked paper. Annotated in pencil on the back. Not listed in Ruland (1876). For a first state impression, see RCIN 852639.
One from a series of four engravings reproducing the four roundels. The remaining prints from the series can also be found in the Raphael Collection: Theology (RCINs 852615, 852616), Poetry (RCIN 852624), and Philosophy (RCINs 852635, 852636). Ruland attributed the whole series to N. Bocquet.
The roundel reproduced in this print depicts the allegorical figure of Justice, flanked by four winged putti holding inscribed panels. In the Stanza della Segnatura, it is painted above the wall-painting of the Virtues, a photograph of which can be found at RCIN 853593.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Etching
Measurements
42.5 x 37.7 cm (sheet of paper)
41.4 x 37.2 cm (platemark)
Markings
annotation: Pf 27, IV. 4a [back, upper left, in pencil]
watermark: Indistinct, three lines of words
Other number(s)
Ruland : Ruland, C., 1876. The Works of Raphael Santi da Urbino as represented in the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by the Prince Consort, 1853-1861 and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Weimar – Ruland p.196 F.IV.4a(add)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.42, no.VI.7 (entry by Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodinò)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.388, no.F 6.3
Alternative title(s)
La Jurisprudence / Peint par Raphael au Vatican dans la Chambre de la Signature
