Tapestries
AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
The Coronation of the Virgin with Saints
c.1853-76Albumen print | 34.1 x 29.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853217
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no. WA1846.206). The sheet has been connected with a number of projects associated with Raphael, including a tapestry supposedly part of the Sistine Chapel series illustrating the 'Acts of the Apostles' and the Monteluce altarpiece.
Two variants of this composition are known: an engraving by the Master of the Die (see RCINs 853211-15) and a drawing (by G.F. Penni?) now in the Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3883; see RCIN 853219 for a photograph of it). For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
Two variants of this composition are known: an engraving by the Master of the Die (see RCINs 853211-15) and a drawing (by G.F. Penni?) now in the Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3883; see RCIN 853219 for a photograph of it). For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
34.1 x 29.0 cm (sheet of paper)
- Acquired for 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.215, no.329 (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
pp.159-61, no.133 (Gere/Turner 1983 : J.A. Gere and Nicholas Turner, 1983. Drawings by Raphael from the Royal Library, the Ashmolean, the British Museum, Chatsworth and other English collections, London)
