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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

GIOVANNI VOLPATO (1733-1803)

The Fire in the Borgo, mounted with text in Latin

c.1775-85

RCIN 852817

A print reproducing the fresco of The Fire in the Borgo, painted by Raphael in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican in 1514, with the collaboration of his workshop artists; mounted with related text in Latin.
  • Creator(s)

    Giovanni Volpato (1733-1803) (engraver)

    After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    Subject(s)

    Pope Leo IV (r.847-855)
  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Subject(s)
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Chemistry
        • Fires
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Italy
          • Lazio [Italy]
            • Rome [Lazio]
              • Vatican City [Rome]
                • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                  • Stanza dell'Incendio [Vatican Palace]
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
  • 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.56, no.I.7 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini)

    Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.410, no.F 15.6

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.208 B.III.2.a-b