Other Frescoes
The prophets Hosea and Jonah
c.1853-76Albumen print | RCIN 853812
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael now in the National Gallery of Art, Washington (inv.no.1991.217.4) for the left-hand side of 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.
The photographed drawing, which is squared up in black chalk, shows the prophets Hosea and Jonah with an angel behind them. When Ruland (1876) catalogued this photograph, the drawing was in the possession of Baron Henri de Triqueti.
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.
The photographed drawing, which is squared up in black chalk, shows the prophets Hosea and Jonah with an angel behind them. When Ruland (1876) catalogued this photograph, the drawing was in the possession of Baron Henri de Triqueti.
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.
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
