The Ecstasy of St Cecilia
after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1617
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
400 x 287 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.8.96
Summary
(Folio 38, recto) The Ecstasy of St Cecilia, with St Cecilia standing at centre, holding a portable organ, and gazing heavenwards, where a choir of angels sing amongst the clouds; she is flanked by St Paul and St John the Evangelist at right, and St Augustine and St Mary Magdalene at left; additional instruments lay on the ground in front of the standing saints;
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered with production detail: 'Romae Phls Thomaßinus fe. et exc. 1617 p Maij', name of designer and copyright.
Makers and roles
after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520), creator Philippe Thomassin (1562-1622), engraver (inciser)