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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

    BENOÎT AUDRAN I (1661-1721)

    Justice

    c. 1700

    Etching | 42.5 x 37.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852640

    An etching after one of the four roundels painted by Raphael in the vault of the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. Second state, numbered in the lower right corner: 3, and with letters below image. On watermarked paper. Annotated in pencil on the back. Not listed in Ruland (1876). For a first state impression, see RCIN 852639.

    One from a series of four engravings reproducing the four roundels. The remaining prints from the series can also be found in the Raphael Collection: Theology (RCINs 852615, 852616), Poetry (RCIN 852624), and Philosophy (RCINs 852635, 852636). Ruland attributed the whole series to N. Bocquet.

    The roundel reproduced in this print depicts the allegorical figure of Justice, flanked by four winged putti holding inscribed panels. In the Stanza della Segnatura, it is painted above the wall-painting of the Virtues, a photograph of which can be found at RCIN 853593.

    • Creator(s)

      Benoît Audran I (1661-1721) (etcher)

      After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

      Previously attributed to Nicolas Bocquet (active 1691) (etcher)

    • annotation: Pf 27, IV. 4a [back, upper left, in pencil]

      watermark: Indistinct, three lines of words

    • 42.5 x 37.7 cm (sheet of paper)

      41.4 x 37.2 cm (platemark)

    • La Jurisprudence / Peint par Raphael au Vatican dans la Chambre de la Signature

    • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)

    • 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-Ceiling
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • prints
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.42, no.VI.7 (entry by Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodinò)

      Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.388, no.F 6.3

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.196 F.IV.4a(add)

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