The fire in the Borgo
after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1593 - 1610
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
439 x 576 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.8.108
Summary
(Folio 50, recto) The fire in the Borgo, after Raphael, with, in the background, Leo IV putting out the fire by making the sign of the cross; arched composition; third state of a plate originally published in 1545, re-published in 1610, with addition of a dedication in a cartouche in the lower right corner
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered with production detail: "Raph. Urbi pinxit in Vaticano" and "cum privilegio / Summi Pontif. / Phls / Thomassinus / excudit Romae / 1610", within image: "Urbis Leoninae Incenditium", and dedication to Pietro Lanzi in cartouche at bottom right: "Per ill. ac. admotu. egregio viro D. Petro Lacio Ariminem... Philippus Thomassinus Trecensis D. Datq."
Makers and roles
after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520), creator Philippe Thomassin (1562-1622), publisher