Giuseppe Marcucci (1807-93)
The Meeting between Pope Leo the Great and Attila c.1827-83
Engraving | 68.9 x 87.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852717
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A print reproducing the fresco of The Meeting between Pope Leo the Great and Attila, painted by Raphael in c.1514 in the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican. Lettered with artists' and printer's names below image. With coat of arms at lower centre, and head of a man at lower right (detail from the fresco). State without dedication and publishing line. Annotated in pencil on both sides. Not in Ruland (1876). Described as from Pietro de Brognoli's series of prints after Raphael's Stanze frescoes and Sistine Chapel tapestries dated 1874 (Höper 2001).
Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving
Measurements
68.9 x 87.0 cm (sheet of paper)
50.0 x 71.4 cm (platemark)
Markings
annotation: p 202. 2a [front, lower left, in pencil]
annotation: C. 9a / C.9a / 202 D [front, lower right, in pencil]
annotation: Pf 28. C. 9a [back, lower right, in pencil]
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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.50, no.III.9 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.404, no.F 11.7
