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Decorative pilaster incorporating the 'Border with the Three Fates' dated 1776
Engraving with etching | 104.7 x 48.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853070
Giovanni Volpato (1733-1803)
Decorative pilaster incorporating the 'Border with the Three Fates' dated 1776
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A print on two joined sheets representing a vertical pilaster decorated with grotesque ornament and incorporating various motifs, including two caryatid figures supporting a structure with the three Fates (Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos). Dated and lettered with artists' names. Numbered at upper left: No. 9. Published in G. Volpato and G. Ottaviani, Loggie de Rafaele nel Vaticano, vol.III, plate 9.
The central panel is derived from the vertical border woven at the right of the tapestry of Christ's Charge to Peter now in the Vatican Museums (inv. no.43868); it is generally known as the Border of the Fates. A photograph of the tapestry can be found at RCIN 853039.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Engraving with etching
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104.7 x 48.4 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.106, no.43 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini)
Cordellier/Py 1992 : Raphael : son atelier, ses copistes, 1992 / par Dominique Cordellier et Bernadette Py, Paris (Inventaire general des dessins Italiens ; V / sous la direction de Francoise Viatte) p.265
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.480, no.G 21.41
Raphael. Cartoons and Tapestries 2010 : Raphael. Cartoons and Tapestries for the Sistine Chapel. Edited by M. Evans and C. Browne with A. Nesselrath, V&A Publishing 2010 p.81, under no.2
