Tapestries
Tapestries
THOMAS HOLLOWAY (1748-1827)
St Paul striking Elymas blind in front of the proconsul Sergius Paulus
published 5 October 1820Engraving | 54.6 x 64.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853154
A print after the cartoon executed by Raphael and his workshop for the tapestry of 'The Conversion of the Proconsul' (Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 13, 6-12), one from a set of ten tapestries illustrating episodes from the lives of St Peter and St Paul commissioned by Pope Leo X for the Sistine Chapel. Lettered with titles, production details and dedication to the King.
The tapestry cartoon reproduced in this print is one of the seven that have survived; they are all part of the Royal Collection, and since 1865 are on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The ten original tapestries were woven in the workshop of Pieter van Aelst and are currently housed in the Vatican Museums.
The tapestry cartoon reproduced in this print is one of the seven that have survived; they are all part of the Royal Collection, and since 1865 are on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The ten original tapestries were woven in the workshop of Pieter van Aelst and are currently housed in the Vatican Museums.
Creator(s)
Thomas Holloway (1748-1827) (printmaker)
Robert Slann (active 1820s) (printmaker)
T Webb (active 1824) (printmaker)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)
Thomas Holloway (1748-1827) (designer)
T. Holloway, R. Slann and T.S. Webb : Hampton Court (publisher)
54.6 x 64.3 cm (sheet of paper)
ELYMAS THE SORCERER STRUCK WITH BLINDNESS / ET CONFESTIM CECIDIT IN EUM CALIGO ET TENEBRAE / Acts 13.v.11.
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- 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
- Places
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.134-5, no.X.12 (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)
