Other Frescoes
The Prophet Isaiah
dated 1779Etching with engraving | 48.7 x 28.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853801
The Prophet Isaiah was commissioned by Johann Goritz, a curial prelate, humanist and patron of the arts, for a pier in Sant'Agostino. The fresco formed part of a decorative ensemble which also included a sculpture of the Virgin, Child and St Anne by Andrea Sansovino and an altar; Goritz's tomb lies below the pier. The monumental figure of Raphael's fresco especially reveals the influence of Michelangelo's work on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, though Raphael probably did not completely repaint the figure of Isaiah after seeing his contemporary's works, as Vasari claimed.
Creator(s)
Giuseppe Cereda (active 1779) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
p.248, 12; 2 4
48.7 x 28.2 cm (sheet of paper)
48.1 x 27.6 cm (platemark)
TABULA / S. ISAIAE PROPHETAE C. XXVI. V. 2. ET. 3. SIC VATICINANTIS / Aperite portas et ingrediatur Gens justa custodiens veritates: vetus error abiit: custodies. / HANC / ROMAE IN TEMPLO S. AUGUSTINI SACRAM ESSE / VOLUIT / ANNAE VIRGINIS MATRI * VIRGINI DEI GENITRICI * ET REDEMPTORI CHRISTO / Johannes Coricius.
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.147, no.III.6 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
pl.104 (Jones/Penny 1983 : Jones, R. and Penny, N. Raphael, 1983)
