Tapestries
AGOSTINO DEI MUSI (C. 1490-AFTER 1536)
The Blinding of Elymas
dated 1516Engraving | 25.6 x 33.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853161
A reversed engraving after Raphael's design for the tapestry of 'The Conversion of the Proconsul', one the ten tapestries illustrating episodes from the lives of St Peter and St Paul commissioned by Pope Leo X for the Sistine Chapel. First state. Signed with engraver's monogram: AV, and dated: 1516, at upper right. Lettered on the base of the throne at lower centre.
Creator(s)
Agostino dei Musi (c. 1490-after 1536) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)
25.6 x 33.1 cm (sheet of paper)
The Conversion of the Proconsul Sergius Paulus
- 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)
p.132, no.VII.1 (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)
