Odoardo Persichini (1827-90)
An enthroned pope between allegorical figures and caryatids after 1871
Engraving | 65.3 x 48.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852960
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A print reproducing a Pope (Alexander I or Sylvester I?) enthroned between the allegorical figures of Faith and Religion, painted on the left of the fresco of The Battle of Constantine at the Milvian Bridge, executed by Raphael's workshop in the Sala di Costantino in the Vatican between 1520 and 1524. Lettered with production details. On Fabriano watermarked paper, annotated in pencil on both sides. With the blind stamp of the Calcografia Regia di Roma at lower right (Lugt 2144; applied to prints published after 1871). Not in Ruland (1876).
Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving
Measurements
65.3 x 48.0 cm (sheet of paper)
60.8 x 43.5 cm (platemark)
Markings
annotation: Pf. 30. B. III. 1a. [front, lower left, in pencil]
annotation: Insert page 238, III. / 1a. Engraving of the group by O. Persichini [back, lower left, in pencil]
watermark: P. M FABRIANO [cropped]
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.238 C.III.1a(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.115, no.VII.1 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini)
Alternative title(s)
PITTURA DI RAFFAELE SANZIO / ESISTENTE NELLE CAMERE VATICANE
