Tapestries
AFTER? GIOVANNI FRANCESCO PENNI (1496-C. 1536)
The Coronation of the Virgin with Saints Peter, Paul, Francis, Jerome, John the Baptist and another saint
c.1860-76Carbon print | 32.7 x 27.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853219
A photograph of a drawing now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3883). Both the authorship of the sheet (G.F. Penni?) and its role have been questioned.
The composition appears to be a variant of a drawing by Raphael now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.206; see RCIN 853217 for a photograph of it). Another variant of the composition is recorded in an engraving by the Master of the Die (see RCINs 853211-15) and corresponding drawing now in the Ambrosiana, Milan (inv. no.2872; see RCIN 853216 for a photograph of it).
The design has been connected with a number of projects associated with Raphael, including the so-called Monteluce Coronation. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
The composition appears to be a variant of a drawing by Raphael now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.206; see RCIN 853217 for a photograph of it). Another variant of the composition is recorded in an engraving by the Master of the Die (see RCINs 853211-15) and corresponding drawing now in the Ambrosiana, Milan (inv. no.2872; see RCIN 853216 for a photograph of it).
The design has been connected with a number of projects associated with Raphael, including the so-called Monteluce Coronation. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
Creator(s)
After? Giovanni Francesco Penni (1496-c. 1536) (artist)
32.7 x 27.9 cm (sheet of paper)
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
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.330 (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
pp.159-61, under 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)
