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      SISTO BADALOCCHIO (1585-C. 1647)

      The Last Supper

      published 1607

      Etching | 11.5 x 17.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853645

      An etching by Sisto Badalocchio reproducing, in reverse, the fresco 'The Last Supper' by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the thirteenth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Trimmed within image; Badalocchio's signature is missing. This etching is presumably from the publication 'Historia del Testamento Vecchia' of 1607.

      The 'Historia del Testamento Vecchia' reproduces all the frescoes in the loggia, with the etchings made by Sisto Badalocchio and Giovanni Lanfranco. The publication is dedicated to Annibale Carracci, with whom both Badalocchio and Lanfranco are said to have trained.

      • Creator(s)

        Sisto Badalocchio (1585-c. 1647) (etcher)

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

      • T 172 / Bottom

      • 11.5 x 17.1 cm (sheet of paper)

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

      • Subject(s)
        • Religion & Theology
          • Religions and faiths
            • Christianity
              • Life of Christ
                • Public Life of Christ
                  • Last Supper
              • Bible & Holy Scripture
                • New Testament
      • Bibliographic reference(s)

        p.79, no.II.51 (entry by Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodino) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)

        p.440, G13.54 (Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001)

        fig.113 (Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985)

        pl.150, p.191 (Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008)

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