Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary
Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary
GIUSEPPE LONGHI (1766-1831)
The Marriage of the Virgin ['The Sposalizio']
dated 1820Engraving with etching | 87.0 x 65.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851385
A print after the so-called 'Sposalizio', a painting by Raphael (1504) now in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan (inv. no.472). Lettered with production details, dedication and dedicatee's coat of arms.
Creator(s)
Giuseppe Longhi (1766-1831) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Giuseppe Longhi (1766-1831) (designer)
Lissant (active c. 1833) (printer)
Francis II, Emperor of Austria (1768-1835) (dedicatee)
Giuseppe Longhi (1766-1831) (dedicator)
A.II / I.
87.0 x 65.9 cm (sheet of paper)
71.6 x 49.0 cm (image)
79.7 x 52.0 cm (platemark)
- 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 )
