Vatican Frescoes
Vatican Frescoes
FILIPPO CENCI (B. 1810)
Allegorical figure of Religion [from the Sala di Costantino]
c.1830-1876Engraving | 52.6 x 37.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852963
A print reproducing the allegorical figure of Religion, painted next to a niched pope (Alexander I or Sylvester I?) to the left of the fresco of 'The Battle of Constantine at the Milvian Bridge', executed by Raphael's workshop in the Sala di Costantino in the Vatican between 1520 and 1524. The setting has been modified. Lettered with title and artists' names. Stamped with the blind stamp of the Calcografia di Roma (Lugt 426e).
Creator(s)
Filippo Cenci (b. 1810) (engraver)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Antonio Baruffaldi (1793-1819) (designer)
Rome : Calcografia Camerale (publisher)
52.6 x 37.9 cm (sheet of paper)
49.1 x 35.0 cm (platemark)
LA RELIGIONE
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Italy
- Lazio [Italy]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Sala di Costantino [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Lazio [Italy]
- Italy
- Europe
- Places
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.116, no.VII.3 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
p.420, no.F 25.4 (Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001)
