Martha leading Mary Magdalene to the Temple

c.1550-1600

Chiaroscuro woodcut | 23.5 x 34.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851623

A chiaroscuro woodcut which is a copy after an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi (RCIN 851621). First state, signed on plate at lower centre: M. (George Matheus?). Printed from two blocks in beige. Another impression of this plate at RCIN 851622.

The engraving by Raimondi is thought to reproduce one of the frescoed lunettes formerly in the Chapel of Mary Magdalene in the church of SS. Trinità dei Monti, Rome. The frescoes, executed by Giulio Romano and Gianfrancesco Penni between 1520 and 1524, are now destroyed. See Bibliographic References.

Creator(s)

? George Matheus (16C) (wood cutter)

After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
23.5 x 34.2 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
  
  Architecture
  
  Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
  
  Non-Christian religious architecture
  
  Temples
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.222, no.XI.4 (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)

pp.595-8 (Cordellier/Py 1992 : Raphael : son atelier, ses copistes, 1992 / par Dominique Cordellier et Bernadette Py, Paris (Inventaire general des dessins Italiens ; V / sous la direction de Francoise Viatte))

p.181 (Oberhuber/Gnann 1999 : Roma e lo stile classico di Raffaello, 1515-1527 / a cura di Konrad Oberhuber ; catalogo di Achim Gnann, 1999)

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Martha leading Mary Magdalene to the Temple

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