New Testament subjects
The Massacre of the Innocents
dated 1843Engraving | 41.2 x 52.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850418
An engraving depicting The Massacre of the Innocents. This print is signed and dated by the printmaker with publication details and attribution of the design to Raphael. Lettered with the title which indicates that this print is after a drawing that was at the time in the collection of the Dowager Queen of Saxony. See RCIN 850423 for a photograph of this drawing and RCIN 850413 for an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi.
The Massacre of the Innocents was produced during the early years of the collaboration between Marcantonio and Raphael; six drawings by Raphael related to this composition survive, though no painting is known. See RCINs 850419, 850421, 850422, 850424 and 850425 for photographs of five of these drawings.
Creator(s)
Moritz Steinla (1791-1858) (engraver)
After Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534) (engraver)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Altmayer : Berlin (publisher)
41.2 x 52.4 cm (sheet of paper)
40.0 x 51.1 cm (platemark)
27.4 x 43.1 cm (image)
STRAGES SS. INNOCENTUM.
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Bridges
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
- People
- Children
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
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.96-99, no. 21; pp.108-109, no. 26
Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p. 172, no. VI.1-2 (entries written by Stefania Massari)
Other number(s)
Ruland p.35 C.IX.6
