Parnassus (after Stefano Tofanelli after Raphael)
Giovanni Volpato (Angarano 1740 - Rome 1803)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
665 mm (H)915 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1252956
Summary
Print, engraving, Parnassus (after Stefano Tofanelli after Raphael) by Giovanni Volpato (Angarano 1740 - Rome 1803). Engraving of 'Pio Sexto Pont. Max.' showing a painting forming the surround for a door head in the Vatican depicting a Elysian gathering, reference to Sappho by Giovanni Volpato from a drawing by Stepfano Tofanelli.
Marks and inscriptions
Joannes Volpato sculpsit et vendit Romae.
Makers and roles
Giovanni Volpato (Angarano 1740 - Rome 1803), engraver and publisher after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520), original artist after Stefano Tofanelli (Lucca 1752 - Lucca 1812), original artist