New Testament subjects
Christ in the house of Simon
c.1518-25Engraving | 23.3 x 34.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850520
An engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi depicting Christ in the house of Simon. Signed with engraver's empty tablet. Trimmed within the platemark.
This engraving is based on a now lost fresco executed after Raphael's death by Giulio Romano and Giovanni Francesco Penni in the Chapel of Mary Magdalene of St Trinitá dei Monti, Rome. It is plausible that Marcantonio used a drawing as a basis for this print, rather than the final fresco. This scene and the one depicting Martha leading Mary Magdalene to Christ (both frescoed in lunettes) have been engraved by Marcantonio. See RCIN 851621 for the other engraving.
Similarities between this engraving and the same scene painted in the Vatican Logge (which were designed by Raphael but executed by his workshop) have been noted. See Bibliographic References for further information.
Creator(s)
Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534) (engraver)
After? Giovanni Francesco Penni (1496-c. 1536) (artist)
After? Giulio Romano (Rome c. 1499-Mantua 1546) (artist)
After? Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Simon the PhariseeJesus ChristMary Magdalene23.3 x 34.8 cm (sheet of paper)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Life of Christ
- Public Life of Christ
- Christ in the house of Simon
- Public Life of Christ
- Life of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Shoemaker/Broun 1981 : I. Shoemaker and E. Broun. The Engravings of Marcantonio Raimondi: Spencer Museum of Art; The Ackland Art Museum, 1981 pp.174-175, no.57 (entry by Innis H. Shoemaker)
Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p. 181, no. XI.1 (entry by Stefania Massari)
Other number(s)
Ruland p.43 D.XXVII.1
