Tapestries
Tapestries
AFTER A WORK BY THE SCHOOL OF RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
The Supper at Emmaus
c.1853-76Albumen print | 29.0 x 19.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853295
A photograph of a drawing now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.301). Although with many minor differences, the drawing corresponds in composition with the tapestry of this subject part of the so-called 'Scuola Nuova' set, a twelve-piece set depicting scenes from the Life of Christ (eleven of which survive today in the Vatican Museums).
Ruland (1876) listed another similar drawing as being then in the collection of the late Baron Triqueti. See RCIN 853296.
The ‘Scuola Nuova’ set was probably commissioned by Pope Leo X, but the project seems to have been reactivated by Clement VII after his election as pope in 1523. Apparently designed by Raphael’s former assistants after the death of the master (perhaps incorporating some models by Raphael himself), the tapestries were woven in the workshop of Pieter van Aelst and completed by 1531, when the set was delivered to Rome. Ruland (1876) seemed to accept the view that the ‘Scuola Nuova’ set was a gift to Leo X from Francis I on the occasion of the canonization of Francesco di Paola in 1519. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
Ruland (1876) listed another similar drawing as being then in the collection of the late Baron Triqueti. See RCIN 853296.
The ‘Scuola Nuova’ set was probably commissioned by Pope Leo X, but the project seems to have been reactivated by Clement VII after his election as pope in 1523. Apparently designed by Raphael’s former assistants after the death of the master (perhaps incorporating some models by Raphael himself), the tapestries were woven in the workshop of Pieter van Aelst and completed by 1531, when the set was delivered to Rome. Ruland (1876) seemed to accept the view that the ‘Scuola Nuova’ set was a gift to Leo X from Francis I on the occasion of the canonization of Francesco di Paola in 1519. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
Creator(s)
After a work by the school of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)
29.0 x 19.6 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Life of Christ
- Supper at Emmaus
- Life of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
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)
