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History & Battles

History & Battles

AFTER A WORK COPYING GIULIO ROMANO (ROME C. 1499-MANTUA 1546)

The Battle of Zama

c.1853-76

Albumen print | 19.0 x 26.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852259

A photograph of a drawing currently in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. SR 405). Two other drawings of this subject survive in the Louvre (inv. nos.3717 and 3718), and a third was once in the Gatteaux Collection in Paris but was detroyed in 1761 (a photograph at RCIN 852258). The subject is related to the set of tapestries illustrating the history of Scipio Africanus commissioned by Francis I from Giulio Romano between 1531 and 1535, who is held responsible for the invention of the composition. The Louvre drawing (inv. no.3717) has been described as the design ('petit patron') for the tapestry. The composition was engraved by Cornelis Cort in 1567, an impression of which can be found at RCIN 852263. It has been suggested that the ex-Gatteaux drawing (which is pricked for transfer) may be the original by Giulio Romano and may have served as the modello for the engraving (Massari 1993). In 1953, Lord Leigh of Stoneleigh Abbey presented a photograph of a drawing of this composition then in his possession to the Royal Library (RCIN 852260), which was later described by K.T. Parker (1956) as the drawing pounced from the ex-Gatteaux sheet. For further discussion on the subject, see Bibliographic References.
  • Creator(s)

    After a work copying Giulio Romano (Rome c. 1499-Mantua 1546) (artist)

  • 19.0 x 26.1 cm (sheet of paper)

  • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Subject(s)
    • History
      • Ancient History
        • Roman history
          • Roman history (Punic Wars 264-146 BC)
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    p.95, under no.XIII.1 (entry by Roseline Bacou) (Jules Romain : L'Histoire de Scipion. Tapisseries et dessins, 1978)
    p.238, under no.A X.7 (entry by Stefania Massari) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
    p.206, under no.192 (Massari 1993 : Massari, S, 1993. Giulio Romano pinxit et delineavit : Opere grafiche autografe di collaborazione e bottega, Rome)