Portraits
Portraits
BENOIT FARJAT (1646-1720)
A self-portrait of Raphael
c.1675-1695Engraving | 33.3 x 22.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850057
An engraving after an unidentified drawing by Carlo Maratti which is based on the self-portrait of Raphael depicted in the fresco 'The School of Athens' painted by Raphael in c.1509-10 in the Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican. Lettered with the title. Lettered with the name of the intermediate draughtsman.
This is the second state of the print, in which the signature of the printmaker has been erased. In the cartouche is written the inscription that features on Raphael's marble sarcophagus in the Pantheon. This is a Latin elegiac distich written by Pietro Bembo. This print was used as a frontispiece to Giovan Pietro Bellori's 'Descrizione delle immagini dipinte da Raffaello d'Urbino nelle Camere del Palazzo Apostolico Vaticano..' (Rome, 1695).
This is the second state of the print, in which the signature of the printmaker has been erased. In the cartouche is written the inscription that features on Raphael's marble sarcophagus in the Pantheon. This is a Latin elegiac distich written by Pietro Bembo. This print was used as a frontispiece to Giovan Pietro Bellori's 'Descrizione delle immagini dipinte da Raffaello d'Urbino nelle Camere del Palazzo Apostolico Vaticano..' (Rome, 1695).
Creator(s)
Benoit Farjat (1646-1720) (engraver)
After Carlo Maratti (1625-1713) (designer)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Raphael (1483-1520)33.3 x 22.7 cm (sheet of paper)
28.5 x 18.6 cm (platemark)
28.1 x 17.8 cm (image)
ILLE HIC EST RAPHAEL. TIMVIT IT QVO SOSPITE VINCI...
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-1876)
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Decorative motifs
- Swags
- Swags-Laurels
- Cartouches
- Swags
- Decorative motifs
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
Bibliographic reference(s)
Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 pp.225-226, no. II.1 (entry written by Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodinó)
Other number(s)
Ruland p.6 A.VII.16
