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    GIUSEPPE MARRI (1788-1852)

    Portrait of Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de' Medici and Luigi de' Rossi

    c.1808-1842

    Engraving with etching | 39.2 x 31.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852089

    A print after the 'Portrait of Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de' Medici and Luigi de' Rossi', a painting by Raphael (1517-18) currently in the Uffizi, Florence (inv.1912, no.40). Lettered with production details and identification of the central sitter as Leo X.

    • Creator(s)

      Giuseppe Marri (1788-1852) (engraver)

      After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (maker)

      Samuele Jesi (1788-1853) (designer)

    • 39.2 x 31.5 cm (sheet of paper)

      27.5 x 21.3 cm (image)

      37.7 x 30.0 cm (platemark)

    • LEONE X.

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

    • Subject(s)
      • Religion & Theology
        • Religions and faiths
          • Christianity
            • Christian church in general
              • Church government. Ecclesiastical organization
                • Cardinals (papal appointees)
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      p.166, no.81/III.14 (Capellen 2008 : Capellen, JM, 2008. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 3, The Roman Portraits ca.1508-1520)

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