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 | 34.1 x 25.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853212
An engraving after a design generally attributed to Raphael. Third state. Lettered with publisher's address (lower right), and title in Latin and initials of designer (lower centre). The engraver's monogram (a die with the letter B, originally at lower right below Lafréry's address) has been cut off. 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)
Antonio Lafreri (1512-77) (publisher)
34.1 x 25.4 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)
