The east and south walls of Cardinal Bibbiena's stufetta 

Two chromolithographs, printed on the same sheet, reproducing the decoration of the east and south walls of the stufetta, or bathroom, in the apartments of Cardinal Bibbiena in the Vatican Palace, which was frescoed with mythological subjects by Raphael's workshop c.1516. Lettered with title below images. Plate 79 of Ludwig Grüner, Specimens of Ornamental Art, London 1850.

Cardinal Bibbiena had a close friendship with Raphael, patronising him on a number of occasions and, it would seem, facilitating the betrothal of the artist to his niece. In addition to the stufetta, Raphael's workshop also painted Cardinal Bibbiena's loggia. Both spaces were designed in a manner imitating ancient Roman painted decoration, and included depictions of episodes from Ovid, grotesques and ornamental motifs. The stufetta was rediscovered in the nineteenth century and survives in a much damaged form today; the loggetta was not rediscovered until the twentieth century. 

Grüner's publication, in which 80 plates were accompanied by text by Emil Braun, presents the 'best models' of decorative art from the Classical era to the Renaissance. This volume was dedicated to Prince Albert, with whom Grüner had a close acquaintance. Grüner had much experience reproducing Raphael's work, having previously engraved works in England and Italy attributed to the artist for various publications.