Vatican Frescoes
Pilaster decorations in the Loggia
c.1853-76Albumen print | 43.0 x 28.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853727
The drawing was catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being in the collection of Édouard Gatteaux in Paris and it bears his collector's stamp (Lugt 852). A fire at the Gatteaux house in 1871 destroyed a significant portion of the collection, but this drawing survived.
The repeating sequence of decoration in the Logge - see Dacos 2008 (Bibliographic References) for more information - is strongly influenced by the antique; Raphael had studied antique sculpture and painting in Rome.
Creator(s)
After a work copying the workshop of Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Previously attributed to after Giovanni da Udine (c. 1487-1564) (artist)
43.0 x 28.9 cm (sheet of paper)
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Decorative motifs
- Grotesques
- Decorative techniques & surface decoration
- Floral decorations
- Garlands
- Floral decorations
- Decorative motifs
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Biological sciences
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mammals
- Deer
- Red deer
- Stags (male deer)
- Red deer
- Deer
- Birds
- Fish
- Mammals
- Animals
- Zoology
- Biological sciences
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
Bibliographic reference(s)
Cordellier/Py 1992 : Raphael : son atelier, ses copistes, 1992 / par Dominique Cordellier et Bernadette Py, Paris (Inventaire general des dessins Italiens ; V / sous la direction de Francoise Viatte) p.454, no.780
Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985 pp.27-38
Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pp.15-135
Other number(s)
Ruland p.231 B.117
