Tapestries
AGOSTINO DEI MUSI (C. 1490-AFTER 1536)
St Paul and the Franciscan Friar
dated 1517Engraving | 15.2 x 10.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853165
An engraving reproducing the figure of St Paul preaching before a friar kneeling down with hands clasped in prayer. Dated: 1517, and signed with engraver's monogram.
The figure of St Paul is a detail taken from Raphael's tapestry cartoon of 'The Conversion of the Proconsul' currently on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, from the Royal Collection (RCIN 912948). The composition was reproduced in an engraving generally attributed to Agostino Veneziano dating c.1516 (RCIN 853161).
The figure of St Paul is a detail taken from Raphael's tapestry cartoon of 'The Conversion of the Proconsul' currently on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, from the Royal Collection (RCIN 912948). The composition was reproduced in an engraving generally attributed to Agostino Veneziano dating c.1516 (RCIN 853161).
Creator(s)
Agostino dei Musi (c. 1490-after 1536) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)
15.2 x 10.8 cm (sheet of paper)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religious orders
- Monks
- Christianity
- Christian church in general
- Public worship
- Preaching
- Public worship
- Christian church in general
- Religious orders
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.132-3, no.VII.2 (entry 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)
