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Francesco Faraone Aquila (active 1690-1740)
The Oath of Leo III [from the Stanza dell'Incendio] published 1722
Etching | 51.1 x 68.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852803
![The Oath of Leo III [from the Stanza dell'Incendio]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/5/5/759786-1527589664.jpg?itok=sCBxuiQa "The Oath of Leo III [from the Stanza dell'Incendio]")
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A print reproducing the upper half of the north wall of the Stanza dell'Incendio in the Vatican. Lettered with artists' names, publisher's address and text in Latin along the lower margin. Numbered at lower right: 19. From Picturae Raphaelis Sanctij Urbinatis ex Aula et Conclavibus Palatij Vaticani..., a series of 18 plates (plus title-page) after Raphael's frescoes in the Vatican published in 1722. The publishing date is to be found on the title-page of the series.
The lunette fresco depicting The Oath of Leo III was painted by Raphael and his workshop in c.1517.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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51.1 x 68.7 cm (sheet of paper)
48.5 x 66.0 cm (platemark)
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Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.124, no.I.19 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini)
