Historia Del Testamento Vecchio Dipinta In Roma Nel Vaticano Da Raffaelle Di Urbino Al' Illre. Sigre. Gioseppe Bernagli, Giovanni Orlandi D.D.D.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
03/2391
Imprint
[Si stampa in Roma: apresso Giovanni Orlandi con licensa de superiori, lanno 1613]
Physical Description
Engr. t.-pl., 50 pl.; 176×229 mm. (Oblong quarto).
Responsibility Note
The engraved title-plate is signed 'Baldass. Aloisi, Bon; Fe'.
References
Italy. Ministero Per I Beni Culturali E Ambientali. Istituto Nazionale Per La Grafica, Raphael Invenit: Stampe Da Raffaello Nelle Collezioni Dell'Istituto Nazionale Per La Grafica: Catalogo (1985), p.80-81, 396-401; Illustrated Bartsch, 40 (1982).
Summary Note
No publication-date appears on the title-plate of the Royal Academy's copy, but in this copy the plates have been cut and pasted in, so an imprint may have been lost in the cutting. The catalogue of the Istituto Nazionale Per La Grafica, Rome, records a title-plate identical to that of the Royal Academy but reading 'Al'm.to' instead of 'Al'' and concluding, 'Si stampa in Roma appresso Giovanni Orlandi con licensa de superiori lanno 1613'.
The plates show paintings made by Raphael in the Vatican Loggie, depicting scenes from the Hebrew Bible and (despite the title of this publication) four events recorded in the Gospels. Each plate is captioned with a quotation from the Bible, translated into Latin. The title-page vignette shows the arms of the dedicatee, Bernagli.
Provenance
Front pastedown carries an 18th-century armorial book-plate. Recorded in RAA Library, Catalogue, 1802.
Copy Note
The plates have all been cut and pasted in. On the title-plate the word 'Al'' has been struck out and the word 'Al'mto.' substituted, in ink.
Binding Note
18th-century red morocco; upper and lower covers gilt-tooled with armorial device; spine gilt-tooled.
Bible
Mural paintings, Italian - Mural painting and decoration, Italian - Paintings, Italian - Paintings, European - Palaces - Italy - Rome - Vatican City - Vatican Palace (Rome) - History - 16th century - Renaissance
Bible stories - Christian art and symbolism
Pictorial works - 17th century