The Fire in the Borgo (after Bernardino Nocchi after Raphael)
Giovanni Volpato (Angarano 1740 - Rome 1803)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
wood, glass & paper
Measurements
550 x 730 mm; 710 mm (Height); 890 mm (Width)
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 294988.2
Summary
Print, engraving, The Fire in the Borgo (after Bernardino Nocchi after Raphael) by Giovanni Volpato (Angarano 1740 - Rome 1803). One of a set of five engravings by Volpato after Nocchi of Raphael's Sistine frescoes. Each scene is shown under a sculptural arch with an inscription in the left spandrel; 'Raphael Sanctius Pinx' and in the right spandrel; 'In Aedibus Vaticanis' inscribed underneath; 'PIO SEXTO PONT. MAX.'. b) A Vatican scene with the Pope at a window on the first floor, seen across a long flight of steps. Women and children in the foreground are shown in an agitated state, whilst a nude athelete clings to a partition wall.
Marks and inscriptions
PIO SEXTO PONT. MAX. (under image)
Makers and roles
Giovanni Volpato (Angarano 1740 - Rome 1803), engraver (printmaker) after Bernardino Nocchi (1741-1812), artist after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520), artist