Tapestries
Decorative pilaster incorporating the 'Border with the Theological Virtues'
dated 1776Engraving with etching | 94.5 x 49.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853132
The central vertical panel is derived from the border woven along the side edge of 'The Death of Ananias', one of the Sistine Chapel tapestries designed by Raphael upon commission of Pope Leo X now in the Vatican Museums; it is generally known as the 'Border of the Three Theological Virtues'. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
Creator(s)
Giovanni Volpato (1733-1803) (printmaker)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)
Ludovico Teseo (1731-82) (designer)
94.5 x 49.6 cm (sheet of paper)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Construction
- Structural parts of buildings
- Pilasters
- Structural parts of buildings
- Construction
- Places
- Europe
- Italy
- Lazio [Italy]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Sistine Chapel [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican-Sistine Chapel tapestries
- Sistine Chapel [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Lazio [Italy]
- Italy
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.106, no.45 (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.265 (Cordellier/Py 1992 : Raphael : son atelier, ses copistes, 1992 / par Dominique Cordellier et Bernadette Py, Paris (Inventaire general des dessins Italiens ; V / sous la direction de Francoise Viatte))
p.480, no.G 21.43 (Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001)
pp.92-3, under no.4 (Raphael. Cartoons and Tapestries 2010 : Raphael. Cartoons and Tapestries for the Sistine Chapel. Edited by M. Evans and C. Browne with A. Nesselrath, V&A Publishing 2010)
