Theology

An etching after one of the four roundels painted on the vault of the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. First state, without letters. The title is annotated in brown ink below image. From a series of four prints reproducing the four roundels. A second state impression (numbered on plate and with letters) can be found at RCIN 852616. For a photograph of the painting, see RCIN 852612. One from a series of four engravings reproducing the four roundels. The remaining prints from the series can also be found in the Raphael Collection: Poetry (RCIN 852624), Philosophy (RCINs 852635, 852636), and Justice (RCIN 852639). Ruland attributed the whole series to N. Bocquet. The roundel reproduced in this print depicts the allegorical figure of Theology, flanked by two winged putti holding inscribed panels. In the Stanza della Segnatura it is painted above the fresco of the 'Disputa'.