Vatican Frescoes
Vatican Frescoes
MONOGRAMMIST D.L.B.C (16C) [NAGLER II, NO.288]
Seated woman with three children [Charity]
dated 1643Engraving | 34.2 x 17.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852978
A print based upon the allegorical figure of Charity, painted by Raphael's workshop to the right of Pope Urban I in the Sala di Costantino in the Vatican. Dated and signed with the monograms DBIC (see Nagler, II, no.988) and VDC (see Nagler, V, no.1083). Lettered with attribution of the design to Raphael. A closely corresponding drawing is now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.294). See RCIN 852979.
Creator(s)
Monogrammist D.L.B.C (16C) [Nagler II, no.288] (engraver)
Monogrammist V.P.C (16C) [Nagler V, no.1083] (engraver)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
34.2 x 17.0 cm (sheet of paper)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Philosophy & Psychology
- Philosophy
- Allegory
- Philosophy
- 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
Other number(s)
Ruland p.239 C.IV.10
