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    GIULIO DI ANTONIO BONASONE (C. 1498-C. 1580)

    Saint Cecilia

    dated 1539

    Engraving | 31.8 x 18.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851468

    A print after a painting by Raphael (c.1514) now in the Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna (inv. no.577). Dated on plate at upper right (1539; obtained in white 'al risparmio' on the dark background), and lettered at lower right (.RA.IN.IVLIO.F). The date has often been misread as 1531.

    • Creator(s)

      Giulio di Antonio Bonasone (c. 1498-c. 1580) (engraver)

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

    • 31.8 x 18.9 cm (sheet of paper)

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

    • Subject(s)
      • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
        • Music
          • Musical instruments
      • Religion & Theology
        • Religions and faiths
          • Christianity
            • Angels, demons, devils, saints
              • Musical angels
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      p.166-7, fig.177 (Landau/Parshall 1994 : Landau, D., and Parshall, P., 1994. The Renaissance Print, Yale University.)

      pp.124-32, no.55 (Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 )

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