Genre
St Benedict and three nuns
1805Etching | 24.1 x 39.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852300
As Pouncey and Gere (see Bibliographic References) noted, Pluchart (1889) mentioned a print by S. Salvioni made in 1805 after a drawing that he then attributed to Pinturicchio, possibly referring to the etching here catalogued.
The drawing reproduced in this print is similar to a pen and ink drawing now in the British Museum, London (inv. no. 1909,1020.1), attributed to Timoteo Viti. For a photograph of this drawing, see RCIN 852299.
The drawing was originally attributed to Timoteo Viti by Antaldi, an attribution Ruland (1876) accepted. Pouncey and Gere noted: "the quality of the composition, particularly the contrasted attitudes of the three seated nuns, is such as to make one think of the youthful Raphael. The fact that no fewer than three old copies have survived suggests that it was well known. If realized, it was perhaps as a predella or a refectory fresco. Any Antaldi attribution to Viti deserves serious consideration. We are inclined to accept this largely because of the faces of the two seated nuns and the characteristic tendency towards firmness in the contours and softness in the shading" (see Bibliographic References). The copies they mentioned include one at the Palais du Beaux-Arts, Lille (see RCINs 852300 and 852301) and another at Perugia, in the Accademia di Belle Arti.
Creator(s)
Saverio Salvioni (1755-1833) (etcher)
After a work associated with Timoteo Viti (1469-1523) (draughtsman)
After a work associated with Raphael (1483-1520) (draughtsman)
Subject(s)
Saint Benedict (c. 480-c. 547)annotation: centre [verso, centre, in ink]
24.1 x 39.0 cm (sheet of paper)
A imitazione dell'originale presso il Nobile Sig. Conte Ferretti De Presle
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religious orders
- Nuns
- Monks
- Religious orders
- Religions and faiths
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Home economics
- Furniture & accessories
- Tables
- Furniture & accessories
- Home economics
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Brejon de Lavergnée 1997 : Brejon de Lavergnée, B, 1997. Catalogue des dessins Italiens. Collections du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Paris pp. 196-197, no. 552
Italian Drawings [...] British Museum: Raphael and his circle: catalogue, 1962 / Philip Pouncey and J.A. Gere, London vol. I, pp. 158-159, no. 269
Other number(s)
Ruland p.171 B.V.2