Other Frescoes
ATTRIBUTED TO FRATELLI ALINARI [FLORENCE]
The canonisation of St Catherine of Siena
c.1853-76Albumen print | 36.3 x 29.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853784
A photograph reproducing the fresco The canonisation of St Catherine of Siena painted by Pinturicchio and his workshop (1502-07/08) in the Piccolomini Library in Siena Cathedral. The photograph is catalogued by Ruland (1876) as having been taken by the Florentine photographic firm Alinari.
This painting was photographed by the Alinari brother also at RCIN 850010.
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).
This painting was photographed by the Alinari brother also at RCIN 850010.
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).
Creator(s)
Attributed to Fratelli Alinari [Florence] (photographer)
After Bernardino Pinturicchio (c. 1452-1513) (artist)
Subject(s)
Pope Pius II (1405-64)St Catherine of Siena36.3 x 29.7 cm (sheet of paper)
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- visual works
Bibliographic reference(s)
Chapman/Plazzotta/Henry 2004 : Chapman, H, Plazzotta, C, Henry, T. Raphael. From Urbino to Rome. London, 2004 pp.23-26
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford nos 56-61
Other number(s)
Ruland p.266 B.IX.2
