Vatican Frescoes
Vatican Frescoes
Two nymphs dancing in a portico
c.1800Etching with engraving | 15.9 x 13.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853721
An etching by Marie-Amélie Coiny copying, in reverse, a print by Pietro Santi Bartoli which reproduces stucco decoration in the vault of the seventh bay of the Loggia, designed by Raphael and executed by his workshop (c.1517-19), in the Vatican. Lettered with attribution of the designs of the stucchi to Raphael at bottom left and signed by the printmaker at bottom right. Trimmed within platemark. One of a group of six prints by Coiny included in the Raphael Collection after the loggia stucchi.
For the series of prints by Pietro Santi Bartoli, c.1670-77, see RCIN 853715.a-aq.
The repeating sequence of decoration in the Loggia - see Dacos 2008 (Bibliographic References) for more information - is strongly influenced by the antique; Raphael had studied antique sculpture and painting in Rome.
Creator(s)
Boni (printmaker)
After Pietro Santi Bartoli (1635-1700) (etcher)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
15.9 x 13.4 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Decorative motifs
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religions of antiquity
- Classical mythology
- Nymphs
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.27-38 (Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985)
pp.15-135 (Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008)
