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GIOVANNI PAOLO LASINIO (1789-1855)

Pope Pius II at Ancona

published c.1825-1838

Etching with engraving | 58.5 x 38.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850134

A print by Giovanni Paolo Lasinio reproducing the fresco 'Pope Pius II at Ancona' painted by Pinturicchio and his workshop (1502-07/08) in the Piccolomini Library in Siena Cathedral. Lettered with attribution of the design of the fresco to Raphael and its execution to Pinturicchio, as well as title and publication details. Dedicated to Giulio del Taja. Published in 'Raccolta Delle Più Celebri Pitture Esistenti Nella Città Di Siena Disegnate Ed Incise Da Valenti Artisti Con Illustrazioni' (c.1825-38).

The figure of a young man at the left of the composition was supposed to depict Raphael.

The decoration of the Piccolomini library was commissioned by Cardinal Francesco Todeschino Piccolomini (later Pope Pius III) in 1502 from Raphael's older Perugian contemporary Pinturicchio. The frescoes illustrate events in the life of Pope Pius II (Enea Silvio Piccolomini), the Cardinal's uncle. Vasari credited Raphael with executing 'some drawings and some cartoons' for the library at the express request of Pinturicchio. Scholarly opinion has been divided over the attribution of preparatory drawings for the frescoes, but at least five drawings convincingly related to the decorative scheme are considered to be by Raphael (see Bibliographic References). For a photograph of the fresco this print reproduces, see RCIN 853787.
 

Another impression of the same print was included in the Raphael Collection under the category "Piccolomini Frescoes, Siena", see RCIN 853786 for it.

  • Creator(s)

    Giovanni Paolo Lasinio (1789-1855) (printmaker)

    After Boschi, Luigo (designer)

    After Bernardino Pinturicchio (c. 1452-1513) (artist)

    Giuseppe Collignon (1776-1863) (director)

    Giulio del Taja (19C) (dedicatee)

  • 58.5 x 38.0 cm (sheet of paper)
    56.6 x 31.5 cm (platemark)
    50.3 x 27.2 cm (image)

  • STORIA DI PIO II. / Al Nobit Uomo il Signor Giuliu del Taja Patrizio Senese

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Italy
          • Ancona [Italy]
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    pp.23-26 (Chapman/Plazzotta/Henry 2004 : Chapman, H, Plazzotta, C, Henry, T. Raphael. From Urbino to Rome. London, 2004)
    nos 56-61 (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)