The Transfiguration (after Raphael)
Sir Nicolas Dorigny (Paris 1658 - Paris 1746)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1705
Materials
Hand-coloured etching and engraving on paper
Measurements
865 x 615 x 45 mm
Place of origin
Rome
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730904
Caption
The Transfiguration of Christ is a biblical miracle described in the gospels of the New Testament (Matthew 17: 1-9, Mark 9:2-8 and Luke 9:28-36) when Jesus Christ and three of his apostles, Peter, James and John, go to a mountain to pray. He begins to shine with bright rays of light and the Old Testament prophets Moses and Elijah appear next to him. It differs from other miracles in that it happens to Christ himself. The episode is regarded as a preview and an anticipation of the Resurrection, after Christ has risen from the dead. The feast day of the event is celebrated by the Christian church on the 6th August.
Summary
Hand-coloured etching and engraving, The Transfiguration, Sir Nicolas Dorigny (Paris 1658 - Paris 1746) after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520), 1705, hand-coloured by Jacob van Lint (1723 - 1790) or Hendrik Frans van Lint, Rome, Italy, 1759-1762. The inscription cut from the print is pasted to the backboard. The original is in the Vatican Picture Gallery, Rome.
Provenance
Commissioned by Henry Hoare II, called 'the Magnificent' (1705-1785). Listed in a studio bill enclosed with a letter from Thomas Jenkins to Hoare, 19 June 1762 (WSA, 383.907). Listed in 'The Catalogue or Particulars of the Pictures Prints Statues and other Things' attached to the Stourhead Settlement, 1784, attributed to 'Studio' (see Dodd, 2016) (WSA, 383.715). Thence by descent. B equeathed by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947), 1946.
Makers and roles
Sir Nicolas Dorigny (Paris 1658 - Paris 1746) , printer Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520), original artist Hendrik Frans van Lint, colourist Jacob van Lint (1723 - 1790), colourist