Other Frescoes
Other Frescoes
PAOLO FIDANZA (B. 1731)
Two unknown women
c.1730-1780Etchings | RCIN 854036
A set of two etchings by Fidanza of two unknown women from Raphael's Villa, the so-called Casino Raffaello. Ruland (1876) states that these prints were "after tracings from the walls".
Raphael's Villa — a small summer-house, also known as the Casino Olgiati — was destroyed in the siege of Rome in 1849 and used to be in the Galoppatoio area of the present-day Borghese Park. Ruland (1876) notes that: "the three principal frescoes have been removed before" and these are now in the Galleria Borghese. In the life of Raphael written by Quatremere de Quincy and translated into Italian by Francesco Longhena in 1829, it is noted that seven prints after the paintings of this Villa were made by Francesco Saverio Gonzales, five of which are in the Royal Collection (see RCINs 854035.a-d and 854037). Longhena also writes that in the Villa there was a portrait of La Fornarina, the fresco of the Marriage of Alexander and Roxana, representations of the Vices with arrows and the Sacrifice of Flora on the ceiling.
Raphael's Villa — a small summer-house, also known as the Casino Olgiati — was destroyed in the siege of Rome in 1849 and used to be in the Galoppatoio area of the present-day Borghese Park. Ruland (1876) notes that: "the three principal frescoes have been removed before" and these are now in the Galleria Borghese. In the life of Raphael written by Quatremere de Quincy and translated into Italian by Francesco Longhena in 1829, it is noted that seven prints after the paintings of this Villa were made by Francesco Saverio Gonzales, five of which are in the Royal Collection (see RCINs 854035.a-d and 854037). Longhena also writes that in the Villa there was a portrait of La Fornarina, the fresco of the Marriage of Alexander and Roxana, representations of the Vices with arrows and the Sacrifice of Flora on the ceiling.
Creator(s)
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731) (etcher)
After a work attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
