Nobilissimo Viro Dno. Ægidio Renard Regis Consiliario, rerum bellicaru' disceptatori et Censori, Equitum Cataphractorum & Peditum Prætorianorum Archistratego, Regiæ supellectilis Recuperatori, suo & omnium bonarum Artium Moecenati Amplissimo. Sacræ Historiæ Acta A Raphaele Urbin. In Vaticanis Xystis Ad Picturæ Miraculum Expressa Nicolaus Chapron Gallus A Se Delineata Et Incisa D.D.D.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
06/855
Variant Title
Sacræ Historiæ Acta A Raphaele Urbin. In Vaticanis Xystis Ad Picturæ Miraculum Expressa
Ille Hic Est Raphael Timuit Quo Sospite Vinci Rerum Magna Parens Et Moriente Mori Non Pulvis Non Umbra Sumus
Imprint
Romæ: MDCXXXXIX Cum Privil. sum. Pontificis et Christianiss. Maiestatis Petrus Mariette, excudit, Romæ in Æde D. Augustini
Physical Description
Frontis., engr. t.-pl., 52 pl.; , 286×402mm.
Responsibility Note
All plates are signed by N. Chapron - the frontispiece as designed by him, the title-plate as made by him, the numbered plates as designed by Raphael and made by Chapron ('R.V.I. N.C.F.').
The imprint of Pierre Mariette appears on the frontispiece ('Lutetiæ Parisiorum Apud Petrum Mariette via Iacobæa sub signo Spei Cum Privilegio Regis'), on the title-plate ('Petrus Mariette, excudit') and on all the numbered plates ('Typis Petri Mariette Via jacobea sub insig. Spei') except nos. 24, 31, 42-45, 49-52.
References
A.P.F. Robert-Dumesnil, Le Peintre-Graveur Français, 6 (1842), p.215-30.
L. Bianchi, 'La fortuna di Raffaello nell'incisione', in M. Salmi, ed., Raffaello: l'opera, le fonte, la fortuna (1968), II, p.647-89.
Summary Note
This is a reprint by Pierre Mariette of the edition of Chapron's engravings after Raphael that carried the imprint 'Romæ MDCXXXXIX Cum Privil. sum. Pontificis et Christianiss. Maiestatis Romæ in Æde D. Augustini'. Mariette's imprint has been added to the title-plate, frontispiece and all plates except nos. 24, 31, 42-45, 49-52; but the publication-date of the reprint is not given. Pierre Mariette the elder is known to have worked from rue Saint-Jacques at the sign of 'Espérance' from 1638, and Pierre Mariette the younger worked from the same address after his father's death.
The frontispiece shows a bust of Raphael, on a pedestal. The pedestal is inscribed, 'Ille Hic Est Raphael Timuit Quo Sospite Vinci Rerum Magna Parens Et Moriente Mori Non Pulvis Non Umbra Sumus Me Vivere Chapron Hic Dedit: Urbinas Ille Ego Sum Raphael' (and in this edition the additional 'Lutetiæ Parisiorum Apud Petrum Mariette via Iacobæa sub signo Spei Cum Privilegio Regis'); and the foot of the plate carries the caption, 'Ad Eximium Pictorem Nicolaum Chapron Picturam Raphael mutis revocavit ab umbris tu Chaprone iterum reddis utrique diem.'
The plates show Raphael's paintings in the Vatican loggie - plates 1-48 depicting events described in the Hebrew Bible; plates 49-52, events from the Gospels. Each is captioned with a quotation from the Bible, in Latin translation.
Binding Note
19th-century half calf, marbled-papered boards, brown morocco spine-label lettered 'Rapahaelis Sacrae Historiae In Vaticanis', spine lettered 'R.A.'
Bible
Mural paintings, Italian - Mural painting and decoration, Italian - Paintings, European - Palaces - Italy - Rome - Vatican City - Vatican Palace (Vatican City) - History - 16th century - Renaissance
Bible stories
Pictorial works - France - 17th century