Tapestries
Tapestries
St Paul before the Procurator Festus / St Paul christening the Corinthians
c.1655-1690Etching | 12.7 x 29.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853207
The scenes depict stories from the life of St Paul immediately after his departure from Athens. The specific subjects matter have been variously interpreted. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
Published in 'Picturae omniumque bonarium Artium Cultori eximio...', a series of 15 plates (including title-page with dedication to Nicolò Simonelli) reproducing monochromes supposedly designed by Raphael for the Vatican stanze and the Sistine Chapel tapestries. The plates were etched by Pietro Santi Bartoli and the series was published in Rome by Gian Giacomo de Rossi.
Creator(s)
Pietro Santi Bartoli (1635-1700) (etcher)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)
Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi (1627-91) (publisher)
200 a
12.7 x 29.1 cm (sheet of paper)
31.5 x 34.5 cm (platemark)
Festus Praeses sedit pro tribunali et iußit Paulu adduci Iudaeis graues cau= / sas obiicentibus. Act. Ap. Cap. 25
Et multi Corinthiorum audientes Paulu credebant et baptizabantur. / Act. Ap. Cap. 18
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.60, no.VI.15 (entry by Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodinò) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
p.396, no.F 7.1.12 (Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001)
p.123, under no.10 (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)
