St Cecilia
after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
312 x 206 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.8.22
Summary
(Folio 7, recto, lower print) St Cecilia standing nude in a large cauldron, in a gesture of prayer raises her eyes to the angel above who holds a martyr's crown; two figures hold out the severed heads of the saint's husband and brother-in-law; at right, under a colonnade, sits a Roman Prefect, at left the statue of Jupiter in a niche; all around are soldiers; after Raphael,
Makers and roles
after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520), creator Raimondi, Marcantonio, creator Nicolaus van Aelst (Brussels c.1527 - Rome 1613), publisher