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RUDOLF STANG (1831-1927)

The Marriage of the Virgin ['The Sposalizio']

c.1850-1876

Engraving with etching | 87.2 x 65.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851389

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 and title. With an unidentified stamp at lower right.

  • Creator(s)

    Rudolf Stang (1831-1927) (engraver)

    After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    Rudolf Stang (1831-1927) (designer)

    Düsseldorf : W Schwan & Steifensand (printer)

    Düsseldorf : Rudolf Stang (publisher)

    M. Knoedler : 170.5 Avenue, New York (publisher)

    Subject(s)

    Saint Joseph
    Blessed Virgin Mary

  • annotation: A. II / 5. [front, upper right, in pencil]

  • 87.2 x 65.7 cm (sheet of paper)

    72.5 x 49.2 cm (image)

    55.5 x 84.9 cm (platemark)

  • LO SPOSALIZIO.

  • 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
    • Social sciences
      • Ethnology
        • Social customs
          • Marriage
            • Wedding rings
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
          • Non-Christian religious architecture
            • Temples
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
  • 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.105 A.II.5

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