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Saints

Saints

      RAFFAELE SCHIAMINOSSI (1529-1622)

      Four Saints

      c.1549-1612

      Etching | 14.6 x 11.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851643

      An etching after a design described by Bartsch as by Raphael. The print itself credits Raphael with the invention of the composition (R.V.I., at lower centre). Signed at lower left (R.S.B. incid.).

      • Creator(s)

        Raffaele Schiaminossi (1529-1622) (etcher)

        After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

      • 14.6 x 11.1 cm (sheet of paper)

      • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

      • Subject(s)
        • Religion & Theology
          • Religions and faiths
            • Christianity
              • Angels, demons, devils, saints
                • Saints (Christianity)
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • prints
      • Bibliographic reference(s)

        Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.222, no.A XII.1

        Other number(s)

        Ruland p.123 D.XXIV.1

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