Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary
Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary
GIACOMO BOSSI (ACTIVE 1782-98)
The Coronation of the Virgin ['The Madonna of Monteluce']
dated April 1791Engraving with etching | 57.6 x 34.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851399
A print after the so-called Madonna of Monteluce, a painting completed in 1525 by Giulio Romano and Giovanni Francesco Penni partially after designs by Raphael, to whom the commission was originally entrusted in 1503. The painting, which according to the lettering on the print was then in the church of Santa Maria di Monteluce, Perugia, is currently housed in the Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City (inv. no.40359). Lettered with production details and dedication; this state lacks the day in the date (30 April 1791).
Creator(s)
Giacomo Bossi (active 1782-98) (engraver)
After Giulio Romano (Rome c. 1499-Mantua 1546) (artist)
After Giovanni Francesco Penni (1496-c. 1536) (artist)
Giovanni Cappelli (1755-1823) (designer)
Barone Don Fiorenzo Ferretti del Presle (active 18C) (dedicatee)
Carlo Baduel (1739-1808) (dedicator)
Subject(s)
Blessed Virgin Mary57.6 x 34.1 cm (sheet of paper)
51.2 x 33.7 cm (image)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Life of the Virgin Mary
- Death of the Virgin Mary
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Coronation of the Virgin
- Life of the Virgin Mary
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Containers
- Sarcophagi
- Containers
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Jewellery
- Crowns
- Jewellery
- Engineering & Technology
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Oberhuber/Gnann 1999 : Roma e lo stile classico di Raffaello, 1515-1527 / a cura di Konrad Oberhuber ; catalogo di Achim Gnann, 1999 p.262
Other number(s)
Ruland p.106 A.III.1
