Nobilissimo Viro Dno. Ægidio Renard Regis Consiliario, rerum bellicaru' disceptatori et Censori, Equitum Cataphractorum & Peditum Prætorianorum Archistratego, Regiæ supellectilis Recuperatori, suo & omnium bonarum Artium Moecenati Amplissimo. Sacræ Historiæ Acta A Raphaele Urbin. In Vaticanis Xystis Ad Picturæ Miraculum Expressa Nicolaus Chapron Gallus A Se Delineata Et Incisa D.D.D.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
03/2394
Variant Title
Sacræ Historiæ Acta A Raphaele Urbin. In Vaticanis Xystis Ad Picturæ Miraculum Expressa
Ille Hic Est Raphael Timuit Quo Sospite Vinci Rerum Magna Parens Et Moriente Mori Non Pulvis Non Umbra Sumus
Imprint
Romæ: MDCXXXXIX Cum Privil. sum. Pontificis et Christianiss. Maiestatis, in Æde D. Augustini
All plates are signed by N. Chapron - the frontispiece as designed by him, the title-plate as made by him, the numbered plates as designed by Raphael and made by Chapron ('R.V.I. N.C.F.').
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.86-89, 416-425; A.P.F. Robert-Dumesnil, Le Peintre-Graveur Français, 6 (1842), p.215-30; L. Bianchi, 'La fortuna di Raffaello nell'incisione', in M. Salmi, ed., Raffaello: l'opera, le fonte, la fortuna (1968), II, p.647-89.
Summary Note
The frontispiece shows a bust of Raphael, on a pedestal. The pedestal is inscribed, 'Ille Hic Est Raphael Timuit Quo Sospite Vinci Rerum Magna Parens Et Moriente Mori Non Pulvis Non Umbra Sumus Me Vivere Chapron Hic Dedit: Urbinas Ille Ego Sum Raphael'; and the foot of the plate carries the caption, 'Ad Eximium Pictorem Nicolaum Chapron Picturam Raphael mutis revocavit ab umbris tu Chaprone iterum reddis utrique diem.'
The numbered etchings show Raphael's paintings in the Vatican loggie - plates 1-48 depicting events described in the Hebrew Bible; plates 49-52, events from the Gospels. Each is captioned with a quotation from the Bible, in Latin translation.
Provenance
Acquired by 1802. Recorded in Catalogue Of The Library In The Royal Academy, London (1802).
Binding Note
19th-century brown cloth-covered boards; rebacked and recornered in 20th century, with red morocco spine-label lettered 'Sacræ Historiæ Acta A Raphaele'.
Bible
Mural paintings, Italian - Mural painting and decoration, Italian - Paintings, European - Palaces - Italy - Rome - Vatican City - Vatican Palace (Vatican City) - History - 16th century - Renaissance
Bible stories
Pictorial works - Italy - 17th century