Tapestries
Tapestries
CONRAD MARTIN METZ (1749-1827)
The Supper at Emmaus
published 1798Lavis with etching, printed in brown | 26.6 x 18.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853297
A facsimile described as reproducing (in reverse) a drawing formerly in the collections of R. Udney, Mrs Foster and Baron Triqueti. Lettered with attribution to Raphael and then location of the work. Published in C.M. Metz, 'Imitations of Ancient and Modern Drawings', London 1798.
A photograph of the original drawing can be found at RCIN 853296. Another drawing of this composition is now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.301). See RCIN 853295.
Although with many minor differences, the composition corresponds 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). For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
A photograph of the original drawing can be found at RCIN 853296. Another drawing of this composition is now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.301). See RCIN 853295.
Although with many minor differences, the composition corresponds 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). For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
Creator(s)
Conrad Martin Metz (1749-1827) (printmaker)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
26.6 x 18.8 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to 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)
p.506, no.H 21.2 (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)
