Gérard Audran, Raphael [Raffaello Santi]
Plate 1/Title Plate from the series “Diverses figures hiéroglyphiques peintes par Raphael d’Urbin dans une des salles du Vatican à Rome”
1654-1702
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Gérard Audran, Raphael [Raffaello Santi]
Plate 1/Title Plate from the series “Diverses figures hiéroglyphiques peintes par Raphael d’Urbin dans une des salles du Vatican à Rome”
1654-1702
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 430 x 248 mm. (16 15/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Plate: 426 x 244 mm. (16 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2156.1
From a series of thirteen plates reproducing the figures designed by Raphael for the stanza d'Eliodoro, Vatican. The autorship of the plates is uncertain: Mariette (followed by Le Blanc) argues that the plates were engraved by Jean and Benoît Audran, under the direction of their father Gérard. But it is also possible that they were engraved by Gérard himself.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: Upper left, "1"; left side of image: "Diverses figures Hierogliphiques Peinte par Raphael d'Urbin dans une des Saller du Vatican à Rome"; lower left, in graphite: "From the collection of Sir T. Lawrence"; lower image: "La Noblesse"; below image, left: "A Paris Chez Audran rue St. Jacques aux 2. pilliers d'or Avec Privil. du Roy." Verso: Lower left: "11382 [in diamond] 1"; "JS"
Markings: Recto: Thomas Lawrence (L. 2446) Verso: Claghorn