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New Testament subjects

New Testament subjects

      MASSELLI, GIOVANNI

      The Last Supper

      dated 1818

      Engraving with etching | 51.8 x 64.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850441

      An engraving with etching depicting The Last Supper that Ruland (1876) catalogued as being after a painting in the Hermitage, St Petersburg. This print is signed and dated by the printmaker with publication details and attribution of the design to Raphael. Lettered with the title.

      This print is clearly inspired by an engraving by Marco Dente da Ravenna. See RCIN 850434 for the print by Marco Dente and RCIN 850433 for an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi of the same subject.

      A drawing now in the Royal Library, Windsor (RCIN 912745) is considered to be the modello for the print by Marco Dente and the one by Raimondi, although scholars do not agree which print has been executed earlier than the other. The heavily damaged condition of the drawing has occasioned a degree of scholarly disagreement about its authorship; ultraviolet photography reveals some of the now lost strength and vitality of the draughtsmanship. See Bibliographic References for further information.

      • Creator(s)

        Masselli, Giovanni (engraver)

        After a work copying Marco Dente Da Ravenna (1486-1527) (engraver)

        After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

        Niccolò Pagni: Florence (publisher)

      • 51.8 x 64.6 cm (sheet of paper)

        38.5 x 48.8 cm (platemark)

        29.4 x 43.0 cm (image)

      • DESIDERIO DESIDERAVI HOC PASCHA MANDUCARE VOBISCUM

      • 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
                  • Last Supper
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • prints
      • Bibliographic reference(s)

        Clayton 1999 : Clayton, M. Raphael and his Circle. Drawings from Windsor Castle, London pp.114-115, no. 29

        P&W : Popham, A.E. & Wilde, J., 1949. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London no. 805

        Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 pp.174-175, no. VIII.1 (entry written by Stefania Massari)

        Shoemaker/Broun 1981 : I. Shoemaker and E. Broun. The Engravings of Marcantonio Raimondi: Spencer Museum of Art; The Ackland Art Museum, 1981 pp. 116-117, no. 30

        Other number(s)

        Ruland p.37 C.XII.8

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