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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

    GIACINTO MAINA (ACTIVE 1802-14)

    The pilasters of the Loggia and the frescoes of the Stanze

    dated 1814

    Etching with engraving | RCIN 853709

    Two prints by Giacinto Maina and Bartolomeo Pinelli reproducing the decoration of the fourteen interior pilasters of the Loggia designed by Raphael and executed by his workshop (c.1517-19) in the Vatican, accompanied by outline reproductions of eight of the frescoes in the Stanze, also by Raphael.

    • Creator(s)

      Giacinto Maina (active 1802-14) (printmaker)

      Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781-1835) (printmaker)

      After a work by the workshop of Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

      Scheri, Pier Luigi: Rome (print seller)

    • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

    • Subject(s)
      • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
        • Decorative motifs
          • Grotesques
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Italy
            • Lazio [Italy]
              • Rome [Lazio]
                • Vatican City [Rome]
                  • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                    • Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
                    • Stanza dell'Incendio [Vatican Palace]
                    • Stanza d'Eliodoro [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.105, XV, nos 1 and 2 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini)

      Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985 pp.27-38

      Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pp.15-135

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.230 B.38-39

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