Tapestries
Tapestries
The stoning of St Stephen
dated 1867Engraving | RCIN 853075
A print after a tapestry illustrating 'The Stoning of St Stephen' now in the Vatican Museums (inv. no.43871), one from a set of ten tapestries commissioned by Pope Leo X for the Sistine Chapel. Dated, and lettered with title and production details.
The tapestry designs were executed by Raphael and his workshop and transported to Flanders, where the tapestries were woven in the workshop of Pieter van Aelst. Three of the original cartoons are lost, including 'The Stoning of St Stephen'. The remaining seven are now in the Victoria and Albert Museum on loan from the Royal Collection. The ten original tapestries, intended to be hung in the Sistine Chapel, are housed in the Vatican Museums.
The tapestry designs were executed by Raphael and his workshop and transported to Flanders, where the tapestries were woven in the workshop of Pieter van Aelst. Three of the original cartoons are lost, including 'The Stoning of St Stephen'. The remaining seven are now in the Victoria and Albert Museum on loan from the Royal Collection. The ten original tapestries, intended to be hung in the Sistine Chapel, are housed in the Vatican Museums.
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
