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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

NICOLA ORTIS (19TH CENTURY)

Socle-paintings beneath 'The Fire in the Borgo'

published 1876

Engraving | 48.0 x 60.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852857

A print reproducing the figures painted in monochrome on the dado below the fresco of 'The Fire in Borgo' in the Stanza dell'Incendio in the Vatican. Lettered with title and production details (including publishing date). Annotated in pencil on both sides. Not in Ruland (1876). The crowned seated figures are two of the six Protectors of the Church painted along the dado of the Stanza; on the left is Godfrey de Bouillon, and on the right is Astolph of England. The figures are flanked by terms.
  • Creator(s)

    Nicola Ortis (19th Century) (engraver)

    Nicola Ortis (19th Century) (designer)

    Rome : Reale Calcografia (publisher)

  • 48.0 x 60.7 cm (sheet of paper)

    37.9 x 56.8 cm (platemark)

  • I RE ESISTENTI NELLE CAMERE VATICANE / Decorazione del Basamento nella Camera dell'Incendio di Borgo.

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

  • Subject(s)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Architectural design
          • Architectural decoration & motifs
            • Herms & Terms
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Italy
          • Lazio [Italy]
            • Rome [Lazio]
              • Vatican City [Rome]
                • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                  • Stanza dell'Incendio [Vatican Palace]