Tapestries
LUDWIG SOMMEREAU (1756-86)
Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene
dated 1779Etching | 33.4 x 20.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853290
A print after the tapestry of Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene, one from a twelve-piece set depicting scenes from the Life of Christ, traditionally known as the Scuola Nuova (eleven of which survive today in the Vatican Museums). Dated. Numbered at upper right: No.11. Lettered with title in Latin and artists' names.
The Scuola Nuova set was probably commissioned by Pope Leo X, but the project seems to have been reactivated by Clement VII after his election as pope in 1523. Apparently designed by Raphael’s former assistants after the death of the master (perhaps incorporating some models by Raphael himself), the tapestries were woven in the workshop of Pieter van Aelst and completed by 1531, when the set was delivered to Rome. Ruland (1876) seemed to accept the view that the Scuola Nuova set was a gift to Leo X from Francis I on the occasion of the canonization of Francesco di Paola in 1519. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
The Scuola Nuova set was probably commissioned by Pope Leo X, but the project seems to have been reactivated by Clement VII after his election as pope in 1523. Apparently designed by Raphael’s former assistants after the death of the master (perhaps incorporating some models by Raphael himself), the tapestries were woven in the workshop of Pieter van Aelst and completed by 1531, when the set was delivered to Rome. Ruland (1876) seemed to accept the view that the Scuola Nuova set was a gift to Leo X from Francis I on the occasion of the canonization of Francesco di Paola in 1519. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
Creator(s)
Ludwig Sommereau (1756-86) (printmaker)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (1483-1520) (designer)
Subject(s)
Mary Magdaleneannotation: 208 [front, upper right, in pencil]
33.4 x 20.9 cm (sheet of paper)
NOLI ME TANGERE
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Life of Christ
- Christ Appearing to the Magdalene
- Resurrection of Christ
- Life of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.497, no.H 12.18
Tapestry in the Renaissance 2002 : Tapestry in the Renaissance. Art and Magnificence, ed. Thomas P. Campbell, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2002 pp.236-41
Other number(s)
Ruland p.257 C.VII.2
