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      JOSEPH KAREL DE MEULEMEESTER (BRUGES 1771-ROME 1836)

      Caryatids and telamons from the Sala di Costantino

      c.1791-1826

      Engravings | RCIN 853000

      A set of 7 plates (plus frontispiece) reproducing caryatids and telamons painted in the Sala di Costantino in the Vatican. The series is the work of Joseph de Meulemeester, and is dedicated to Monsieur Martial Daru.

      • Creator(s)

        Joseph Karel de Meulemeester (Bruges 1771-Rome 1836) (engraver)

        After a work by the workshop of Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

        Martin : 27 Rue Fossés, Montmartre, Paris (publisher)

        Martial Daru (1774-1827) (dedicatee)

        Joseph Karel de Meulemeester (Bruges 1771-Rome 1836) (dedicator)

      • PEINTURES INEDITES / DES SALLES DE RAPHAËL AU VATICAN / DÉDIÉES / À MONSIEUR MARTIAL DARU, / ....

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

      • Subject(s)
        • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
          • Architecture
            • Architectural design
              • Architectural decoration & motifs
                • Caryatids & telamons
        • Places
          • Europe
            • Italy
              • Lazio [Italy]
                • Rome [Lazio]
                  • Vatican City [Rome]
                    • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                      • Sala di Costantino [Vatican Palace]
        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.117, nos.XII.1-7 (entries by Grazia Bernini Pezzini)

        Other number(s)

        Ruland p.240 D.1-8

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