Vatican Frescoes
PIETRO SANTI BARTOLI (1635-1700)
God blessing Creation
published 1675Etching | 8.4 x 23.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853648
An etching by Pietro Santi Bartoli reproducing, in reverse, the almost entirely destroyed fresco 'God blessing Creation' painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the basamento of the first bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Lettered with Bible quote in Latin (Genesis 2) and attribution of the composition to Raphael. Signed with Bartoli's monogram (see Nagler, IV, no.3308) and numbered on plate at lower right: 1. Published in 'Imagines veteris ac novi Testamenti in Vaticani Palatii' (1675).
According to Dacos (see Bibliographic References), the basamento paintings of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican were executed in grisaille and imitated bronze reliefs.
According to Dacos (see Bibliographic References), the basamento paintings of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican were executed in grisaille and imitated bronze reliefs.
Creator(s)
Pietro Santi Bartoli (1635-1700) (etcher)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
80
8.4 x 23.4 cm (sheet of paper)
Benedixit diei septimo, et sanctificavit illum. Genesis. Cap. 2.
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- God (Christianity)
- Bible & Holy Scripture
- Old Testament
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.111, no.XVIII.1 (entry by Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodino) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
fig.8 (Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985)
pp.173-194 (Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008)
