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Other Frescoes

Other Frescoes

Venus pulling a thorn from her foot

dated 1532

Engraving | RCIN 853881

A print by the Master of the Die reproducing the fresco, designed by Raphael, depicting Venus pulling a thorn from her foot on the west wall of the stufetta, or bathroom, in the apartments of Cardinal Bibbiena in the Vatican Palace. The stufetta was frescoed with mythological subjects by Raphael's workshop c.1516. Dated. Trimmed to image. First state?

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