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    GIROLAMO FERRONI (1687-C. 1730)

    Fortitude [from 'The Jurisprudence Wall']

    c.1705-1730

    Etching | 18.7 x 18.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852594

    An etching reproducing the figure of Fortitude, painted in the lunette over the window on the south wall of the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican, also known as 'Jurisprudence Wall'. Lettered with artists' names.

    • Creator(s)

      Girolamo Ferroni (1687-c. 1730) (etcher)

      After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

    • 18.7 x 18.5 cm (sheet of paper)

    • 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]
                    • Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
                      • Vatican-Stanza della Segnatura-Jurisprudence wall
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      p.41, no.V.2 (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)

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