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MARCANTONIO RAIMONDI (C. 1480-1534)
The censer for Francois I
c.1515-1525Engraving | 30.5 x 17.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854254
An engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi catalogued by Bartsch as after Raphael. This is the first state of the print. The presence of the tablet at the left dates the print after 1515. Trimmed within the platemark.
The caryatids derive from a lost drawing attributed to Giulio Romano after Raphael for the censer (a container in which incense is burnt) of Francois I whose symbol (a salamander) is depicted on the border of the censer. The prototype for the top of the object is the fountain supported by Sileni at the Museo Pio Clementino in the Vatican, while the lower part of the design derives from a Venus Genetrix drawing by Raphael now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no. 179).
The caryatids derive from a lost drawing attributed to Giulio Romano after Raphael for the censer (a container in which incense is burnt) of Francois I whose symbol (a salamander) is depicted on the border of the censer. The prototype for the top of the object is the fountain supported by Sileni at the Museo Pio Clementino in the Vatican, while the lower part of the design derives from a Venus Genetrix drawing by Raphael now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no. 179).
Creator(s)
Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534) (engraver)
After Giulio Romano (Rome c. 1499-Mantua 1546) (draughtsman)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (draughtsman)
30.5 x 17.0 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-1876)
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Perfumes
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Architectural design
- Architectural decoration & motifs
- Caryatids & telamons
- Architectural decoration & motifs
- Architectural design
- Architecture
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Zoology
- Animals
- Amphibians
- Salamanders
- Amphibians
- Animals
- Zoology
- Science, Medicine and Technology
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp. 266-267, no. III, I (entry written by Stefania Massari) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
