Vatican Frescoes
Vatican Frescoes
FRANCESCO FARAONE AQUILA (ACTIVE 1690-1740)
The Coronation of Charlemagne [from the Stanza dell'Incendio]
published 1722Etching | 51.7 x 69.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852807
A print reproducing the upper half of the west wall of the Stanza dell'Incendio in the Vatican. Lettered with artists' names, publisher's address and text in Latin along the lower margin. Numbered at lower right: 18. From 'Picturae Raphaelis Sanctij Urbinatis ex Aula et Conclavibus Palatij Vaticani...', a series of 18 plates (plus title-page) after Raphael's frescoes in the Vatican published in 1722. The publishing date is to be found on the title-page of the series.
The lunette fresco depicting 'The Coronation of Charlemagne' was painted by Raphael and his workshop in c.1516-17.
Creator(s)
Francesco Faraone Aquila (active 1690-1740) (printmaker)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Francesco Faraone Aquila (active 1690-1740) (designer)
Domenico de Rossi : Rome (publisher)
51.7 x 69.6 cm (sheet of paper)
48.3 x 65.5 cm (platemark)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Public life
- Coronations
- Public life
- Ethnology
- Places
- Europe
- Italy
- Lazio [Italy]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- St. Peter's Basilica [Vatican City]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Stanza dell'Incendio [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Lazio [Italy]
- Italy
- Europe
- Social sciences
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.123-4, no.I.18 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
