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CARLO PONTANI (ACTIVE 19TH CENTURY)
The Temple in The Marriage of the Virgin ['The Sposalizio']
published 1845Etching | 28.4 x 39.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854131
An etching by Carlo Pontani depicting the temple painted by Raphael in the so-called "Sposalizio" (1504), now in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan (inv. no. 472). This print was published by Pontani in "Opere architettoniche di Raffaello Sanzio, incise e dichiarate dall'Architetto Carlo Pontani", published in two volumes in 1841 and 1845. The print is lettered with the title in Italian and it is signed by the printmaker. 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)
Carlo Pontani (active 19th Century) (etcher)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
annotation: illegible [verso, centre, In ink]
28.4 x 39.0 cm (sheet of paper)
26.4 x 36.0 cm (platemark)
Tempio nello Sposalizio di M.D.
- 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
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Non-Christian religious architecture
- Temples
- Non-Christian religious architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Architecture
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp.140-41, no.9
Other number(s)
Ruland p.296 A.V.1
