Other Frescoes
AFTER A WORK ATTRIBUTED TO RAPHAEL (1483-1520)
A study of Bacchus pouring wine
c.1860-76Carbon print | 30.9 x 18.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853985
A photograph of a red chalk drawing now in the Ambrosiana Library, Milan (F 272, INF. 6), where it is catalogued as by Raphael (c.1518) This is a study of the nude figure of Bacchus for fresco of the Banquet of the Gods from the vault of the entrance loggia of the Farnesina, Agostino Chigi's villa in Rome, which was frescoed with mythological subjects by Raphael's workshop c.1518.
The fresco decoration in the Farnesina illustrates the classical fable of Cupid and Psyche, a story which was also frequently used to decorate Florentine wedding chests. Raphael's fresco scheme comprises two primary scenes in the vault (painted to resemble tapestries), accompanied by a series of episodes painted in the pendentives. The whole is encompassed within a fictive pergola, which gives the viewer the impression of looking up into the heavens. Only the upper part of the loggia is painted (the vault and its supporting pendentives and spandrels).
The fresco decoration in the Farnesina illustrates the classical fable of Cupid and Psyche, a story which was also frequently used to decorate Florentine wedding chests. Raphael's fresco scheme comprises two primary scenes in the vault (painted to resemble tapestries), accompanied by a series of episodes painted in the pendentives. The whole is encompassed within a fictive pergola, which gives the viewer the impression of looking up into the heavens. Only the upper part of the loggia is painted (the vault and its supporting pendentives and spandrels).
Creator(s)
After a work attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
30.9 x 18.6 cm (sheet of paper)
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religions of antiquity
- Classical mythology
- Dionysus
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Wine making
- Wine
- Wine making
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p. 235 n. 405
Jones/Penny 1983 : Jones, R. and Penny, N. Raphael, 1983 pp.183-89
Other number(s)
Ruland p.284 A.VIII.71
