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Other Frescoes

Other Frescoes

AFTER A WORK ATTRIBUTED TO RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

The prophet Hosea

c.1853-76

Albumen print | 27.6 x 20.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853814

A photograph of a drawing catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being by Raphael and a study for the figure of the prophet Hosea in the fresco depicting four prophets painted by the workshop of Raphael c.1511-14 in the Chigi Chapel in Santa Maria della Pace, Rome. Annotated on verso.

According to Ruland (1876), this drawing had recently been in the collection of the late Dr. Wellesley, Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford.

Raphael was commissioned, probably early in 1511, by the banker Agostino Chigi to decorate his chapel in Santa Maria della Pace. The initial plan of decoration for the chapel included frescoes, two bronze roundels and an altarpiece; however, whilst Raphael executed some designs for the altarpiece, which was to depict the resurrection, it was never executed, and the bronze roundels, whilst cast, appear to never have been installed. The frescoes comprise two registers, with four prophets on the top  (flanking a window) and four sybils below. According to Vasari, portions of the frescoes were painted by Timoteo Viti.

  • Creator(s)

    After a work attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

  • 105 / Left H

  • 27.6 x 20.4 cm (sheet of paper)

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    pp.100-105 (Jones/Penny 1983 : Jones, R. and Penny, N. Raphael, 1983)