Tapestries
Tapestries
The stoning of St Stephen
published 1753Etching | RCIN 853078
A print after the tapestry illustrating 'The Stoning of St Stephen', one from a set of ten tapestries commissioned by Pope Leo X for the Sistine Chapel. Dated. Lettered with title and production details. Annotated in pencil at lower right.
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)
