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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