Tapestries
Tapestries
The Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and the Virgin Mary (The Pentecost)
dated 1780Etching | 27.9 x 40.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853304
Creator(s)
Ludwig Sommereau (1756-86) (printmaker)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)
27.9 x 40.2 cm (sheet of paper)
26.9 x 39.4 cm (platemark)
ET APPARVERVNT ILLIS DISPERTITAE LINGVAE TAMQUAM IGNIS
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.497, no.H 12.21 (Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001)
pp.236-41 (Tapestry in the Renaissance 2002 : Tapestry in the Renaissance. Art and Magnificence, ed. Thomas P. Campbell, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2002)