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Other Frescoes

Other Frescoes

A putto with a swag over his shoulder

c.1853-76

Albumen print | RCIN 853806

A photograph of a drawing now in the British Museum (inv.no. 1895,0915.688) which copies the putto on the left of the fresco The Prophet Isaiah, painted by Raphael in the church of Sant'Agostino, Rome, c.1511-12. Annotated on verso.

This drawing belonged to John Charles Robinson when Ruland (1876) catalogued it, who attributed it to Annibale Carracci; Pouncey and Gere (see Bibliographic References) entertained this possible attribution.

The Prophet Isaiah was commissioned by Johann Goritz, a curial prelate, humanist and patron of the arts, for a pier in Sant'Agostino. The fresco formed part of a decorative ensemble which also included a sculpture of the Virgin, Child and St Anne by Andrea Sansovino and an altar; Goritz's tomb lies below the pier. The monumental figure of Raphael's fresco especially reveals the influence of Michelangelo's work on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, though Raphael probably did not completely repaint the figure of Isaiah after seeing his contemporary's works, as Vasari claimed.
  • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)