Vatican Frescoes
NICOLAS SANGIORGI (ACTIVE 1877)
Pope Damasus I between the allegorical figures, angels and caryatids
c.1850-77Engraving | 71.3 x 48.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852983
A print reproducing the group of Pope Damasus I enthroned between the allegorical figures of Prudence and Peace, painted by Raphael's workshop to the left of the fresco of The Baptism of Constantine in the Sala di Costantino in the Vatican. Proof without lettering. The engraver's name is annotated in pencil at lower right below image.
Creator(s)
Nicolas Sangiorgi (active 1877) (engraver)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Pope Damasus I (305-384)annotation: N. Sangiorgi inc. [front, lower right, below image, in pencil]
71.3 x 48.1 cm (sheet of paper)
57.1 x 40.6 cm (platemark)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Philosophy & Psychology
- Philosophy
- Allegory
- Philosophy
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Angels
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Architectural design
- Architectural decoration & motifs
- Caryatids & telamons
- Architectural decoration & motifs
- Architectural design
- Architecture
- 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
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Philosophy & Psychology
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.116, no.IX.1 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini)
Other number(s)
Ruland p.239 C.V.1
