Architecture
Raphael's career as an architect saw him work on St Peter's Basilica, Vatican
FERDINANDO CRISTOFANI (FL. C. 1839-1847)
The Marriage of the Virgin ['The Sposalizio']
c.1838-1848Etching | 27.7 x 19.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854132
An outline etching by Ferdinando Cristofani reproducing a drawing by Vincenzo Nocchi which is a copy after the so-called "Sposalizio", painted by Raphael in 1504, now in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan (inv. no. 472). The print is lettered in Italian with the name of Raphael, the location of the painting and production details. The print was originally on the same sheet as a print of the Crucifixion by Raphael. Annotated on the verso. See RCINs 851385-851391 for prints and photographs of 'The Sposalizio'.
The painting of the Marriage of the Virgin was commissioned by Filippo degli Albezzini for a chapel in the church of San Francesco, Cittá di Castello, where now instead hangs a copy of the original painting. The raised temple in the background of the painting has sixteen sides and is surrounded on the ground floor by a portico with Ionic columns and round arches. On the architrave, above the arches, is the artist's signature and date.
The painting of the Marriage of the Virgin was commissioned by Filippo degli Albezzini for a chapel in the church of San Francesco, Cittá di Castello, where now instead hangs a copy of the original painting. The raised temple in the background of the painting has sixteen sides and is surrounded on the ground floor by a portico with Ionic columns and round arches. On the architrave, above the arches, is the artist's signature and date.
Creator(s)
Ferdinando Cristofani (fl. c. 1839-1847) (etcher)
After Nocchi (fl. c. XIX century) (draughtsman)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
illegible
27.7 x 19.3 cm (sheet of paper)
RAFFAELLO // Nella Galleria di Brera a Milano
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Life of the Virgin Mary
- Marriage of the Virgin Mary
- Life of the Virgin Mary
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Social customs
- Marriage
- Wedding rings
- Marriage
- Social customs
- Ethnology
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Non-Christian religious architecture
- Temples
- Non-Christian religious architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Architecture
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.140-41, no.9 (Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 )
