Tapestries
Tapestries
MASTER OF THE DIE (ACTIVE 1530-60)
The Coronation of the Virgin with Angels and Saints, and God the Father above
c.1530-35Engraving | 35.6 x 25.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853213
An engraving after a design generally attributed to Raphael. Fourth state (not described in Bartsch). Signed with engraver's monogram (a die with the letter B, lower right). Titled and lettered with initials of designer (lower centre). Lafréry's address (originally at lower right) has been scratched off. Along the lower margin is Domenico de' Rossi's publishing line. The engraving is generally dated c.1532.
According to Bartsch, this print is a repetition of an engraving of this subject which he described as in the style of Agostino Veneziano (B.XIV.64.56). See RCINs 853214, 853215.
Creator(s)
Master of the Die (active 1530-60) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)
Rome : Domenico de' Rossi : ad Templum S Mariae de Pace (publisher)
35.6 x 25.6 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Coronation of the Virgin
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Saints (Christianity)
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.137, no.I.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)
pp.508-09, no.H 25.1 (Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001)
