Allegory of Religion flanked by Justice and Charity c.1854-1900
Engraving | 49.5 x 58.9 cm (platemark) | RCIN 853309
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A print after Clement VII’s papal throne canopy now in the Vatican Museums. Lettered with production details, dedication and dedicatee's coat of arms. With pencil annotations on the front. Described as from Pietro de Brognoli's series of prints after Raphael's Stanze frescoes and Vatican tapestries dated 1874 (Höper 2001). Not in Ruland (1876).
The subject has generally been interpreted as an allegorical representation of Justice (left) and Charity (right) flanking Religion (or the Church) resting on a globe, with lions holding standards with papal insignia in the foreground. The side vertical borders reproduced in this print are derived from the Sistine Chapel tapestry of Christ Charge to Peter. See RCIN 853039.
The throne canopy of Pope Clement VII is commonly associated with the so-called Scuola Nuova tapestry set. It is assumed that it was woven in the workshop of Pieter van Aelst in Brussels during the mid-1520s from cartoons by Tommaso Vincidor. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving
Measurements
49.5 x 58.9 cm (platemark)
Markings
annotation: Pf 33. XI. I a / 258 Scuola Nuova XI I. [front, lower left, in pencil]
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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.258 C.XI.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.143, no.XI.1 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.508, no.H 24.1
Tapestry in the Renaissance 2002 : Tapestry in the Renaissance. Art and Magnificence, ed. Thomas P. Campbell, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2002 pp.241-3
Alternative title(s)
LA VIRTÙ