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Vatican Frescoes

      MARIE-AMÉLIE COINY (ACTIVE 1800)

      Two nymphs dancing in a portico

      c.1800

      Etching with engraving | 13.5 x 13.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853719

      An etching by Marie-Amélie Coiny copying, in reverse, a print by Pietro Santi Bartoli which reproduces stucco decoration in the vault of the seventh bay of the Loggia, designed by Raphael and executed by his workshop (c.1517-19), in the Vatican. Lettered with attribution of the designs of the stucchi to Raphael at bottom left and signed by the printmaker at bottom right. Trimmed on all sides. One of a group of six prints by Coiny included in the Raphael Collection after the loggia stucchi.

      For the series of prints by Pietro Santi Bartoli, c.1670-77, see RCIN 853715.a-aq.

      The repeating sequence of decoration in the Loggia - see Dacos 2008 (Bibliographic References) for more information - is strongly influenced by the antique; Raphael had studied antique sculpture and painting in Rome.

      • Creator(s)

        Marie-Amélie Coiny (active 1800) (printmaker)

        After Pietro Santi Bartoli (1635-1700) (etcher)

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

      • 13.5 x 13.2 cm (sheet of paper)

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

      • Subject(s)
        • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
          • Decorative motifs
        • Religion & Theology
          • Religions and faiths
            • Religions of antiquity
              • Classical mythology
                • Nymphs
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • prints
      • Bibliographic reference(s)

        Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985 pp.27-38

        Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pp.15-135

        Other number(s)

        Ruland p.230 B.109

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