Saints
MARCO DENTE DA RAVENNA (D. 1527)
St Michael
c.1518-20Engraving | 25.3 x 18.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851629
An engraving after a design by Raphael connected with the painting of 'St Michael Vanquishing Satan' now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.610; see RCIN 851490). Signed with engraver's monogram on a stone at lower left: SR.
Scholarship is divided as to whether the engraving by Marco Dente was made after the original design, or was based upon the print of the same subject by Agostino Veneziano, an impression of which can be found at RCIN 851628.
Creator(s)
Marco Dente Da Ravenna (d. 1527) (engraver)
After Agostino dei Musi (c. 1490-after 1536) (engraver)
After a work attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
25.3 x 18.4 cm (sheet of paper)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Angels
- Archangels
- Satan
- Angels
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.219-20, no.VI.4 (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
p.150, no.89 (Oberhuber/Gnann 1999 : Roma e lo stile classico di Raffaello, 1515-1527 / a cura di Konrad Oberhuber ; catalogo di Achim Gnann, 1999)
