Other Frescoes
Other Frescoes
GIUSEPPE ROSSI (D. 1842)
Enea Silvio Piccolomini elected Pope
datedEtching with engraving | 60.1 x 35.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853778
A print by Giuseppe Rossi reproducing the fresco 'Enea Silvio Piccolomini elected Pope' painted by Pinturicchio and his workshop (1502-07/08) in the Piccolomini Library in Siena Cathedral. Lettered with attribution of the design of the fresco to Raphael and its execution to Pinturicchio, as well as title and publication details. Annotated in ink on the verso. Published in 'Raccolta Delle Più Celebri Pitture Esistenti Nella Città Di Siena Disegnate Ed Incise Da Valenti Artisti Con Illustrazioni' (c.1825-38).
The decoration of the Piccolomini library was commissioned by Cardinal Francesco Todeschino Piccolomini (later Pope Pius III) in 1502 from Raphael's older Perugian contemporary Pinturicchio. The frescoes illustrate events in the life of Pope Pius II (Enea Silvio Piccolomini), the Cardinal's uncle. Vasari credited Raphael with executing 'some drawings and some cartoons' for the library at the express request of Pinturicchio. Scholarly opinion has been divided over the attribution of preparatory drawings for the frescoes, but at least five drawings convincingly related to the decorative scheme are considered to be by Raphael (see Bibliographic References). For a photograph of the fresco this print reproduces, see RCIN 853779.
Creator(s)
Giuseppe Rossi (d. 1842) (printmaker)
After Bernardino Pinturicchio (c. 1452-1513) (artist)
Francesco Pieraccini (active 19th Century) (designer)
Niccolò Pagni: Florence (printer)
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60.1 x 35.8 cm (sheet of paper)
56.7 x 31.7 cm (platemark)
STORIA DI PIO II.
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c,1853-76)
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.23-26 (Chapman/Plazzotta/Henry 2004 : Chapman, H, Plazzotta, C, Henry, T. Raphael. From Urbino to Rome. London, 2004)
nos 56-61 (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
