Tapestries
Tapestries
The stoning of St Stephen; St Paul in prison
c.1858-1910Engraving | 49.6 x 50.9 cm (platemark) | RCIN 853076
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 and St Paul in Prison. 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.
Creator(s)
Friedrich Seifert (1838-1920) (engraver)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (designer)
Nicola Ortis (1818-97) (designer)
Angelo Biggi (active 19th century) (printer)
Count of Fonollar (active 19th century) (dedicatee)
Pietro Brognoli (active c. 1874) (dedicator)
Subject(s)
Saint StephenSaint Paulannotation: Pf. 31. A. III 1a / ? Cut thin (?) [crossed out] [front, lower left, in pencil]
annotation: A III 1a. [fonrt, lower right, in pencil]
49.6 x 50.9 cm (platemark)
IL TERREMOTO E LA MORTE DI S. STEFANO
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Italy
- Lazio [Italy]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Sistine Chapel [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican-Sistine Chapel tapestries
- Sistine Chapel [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Lazio [Italy]
- Italy
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Places
Bibliographic reference(s)
Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 pp.130-31, no.III.1 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.488, no.H 5.1
Other number(s)
Ruland p.246 B.III.1a(add)
