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New Testament subjects

New Testament subjects

MASTER OF THE DIE (ACTIVE 1530-60)

The road to Calvary

dated 1532

Engraving | 23.7 x 19.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850536

An engraving by the Master of the Die depicting The Road to Calvary. Signed and dated by the printmaker with his initial. Trimmed within the platemark.

This print shares some elements with the so-called Spasimo di Sicilia, a painting by Raphael and his workshop (c.1515-6) now in the Prado, Madrid (inv. no. 298). See RCIN 850311 for a photograph of the painting.

  • Creator(s)

    Master of the Die (active 1530-60) (engraver)

    After? Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    Subject(s)

    St John
    Blessed Virgin Mary
    Mary Magdalene
    Pontius Pilate
    Simon the Pharisee
  • 23.7 x 19.7 cm (sheet of paper)

    23.2 x 19.3 cm (image)

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76) 

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Asia
        • Israel
          • Jerusalem [Israel]
            • Golgotha
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Life of Christ
            • Three Marys at the Sepulchre
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.183, no. A XV.1 (entry written by Stefania Massari)

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.44 D.XXXIII.1