Tapestries
Tapestries
Allegory of Religion flanked by Justice and Charity
c.1854-1900Engraving | 49.5 x 58.9 cm (platemark) | RCIN 853309
The subject has generally been interpreted as an allegorical representation of Justice (left) and Charity (right) flanking Religion (or the Church) resting on a globe, with lions holding standards with papal insignia in the foreground. The side vertical borders reproduced in this print are derived from the Sistine Chapel tapestry of 'Christ Charge to Peter'. See RCIN 853039.
The throne canopy of Pope Clement VII is commonly associated with the so-called ‘Scuola Nuova’ tapestry set. It is assumed that it was woven in the workshop of Pieter van Aelst in Brussels during the mid-1520s from cartoons by Tommaso Vincidor. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
Creator(s)
Pasquale Proja (b. 1834) (engraver)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)
Nicola Ortis (19th Century) (designer)
Angelo Biggi (active 19th century) (printer)
José Campo Pérez, Marqués de Campo (1814-89) (dedicator)
Pietro Brognoli (active c. 1874) (dedicator)
Pf 33. XI. I a / 258 Scuola Nuova XI I.
49.5 x 58.9 cm (platemark)
LA VIRTÙ
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
Subject(s)
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mammals
- Carnivorous mammals
- Felines
- Lions
- Felines
- Carnivorous mammals
- Mammals
- Animals
- Zoology
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.143, no.XI.1 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
p.508, no.H 24.1 (Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001)
pp.241-3 (Tapestry in the Renaissance 2002 : Tapestry in the Renaissance. Art and Magnificence, ed. Thomas P. Campbell, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2002)