Plate 8: Conspirators against the Medici with members of the Cavalry on rearing horses, from a series of 15 plates depicting designs for the wainscotting under the Vatican tapestries in the Sistine Chapel
This series contains 15 plates reproducing the tapestries designed by Raphael's apprentices for the wainscotting under the Vatican tapestries in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries depict scenes from the life of Pope Leo X, who commissioned them. The series is dedicated to Prince Leopoldo de'Medici. As Passavant notes, plates No. 8 and 10 do not represent scenes from the life of Leo X, despite Bartoli's captions added to the plates. Passavant writes that the scenes refer to the persecutions of Christians.
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate 8: Conspirators against the Medici with members of the Cavalry on rearing horses, from a series of 15 plates depicting designs for the wainscotting under the Vatican tapestries in the Sistine Chapel
- Series/Portfolio: Series of 15 plates depicting designs for the wainscotting under the Vatican tapestries in the Sistine Chapel
- Artist: Pietro Santi Bartoli (Italian, Perugia 1615–1700 Rome)
- Artist: After Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
- Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome)
- Date: 1650–75
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 4 9/16 × 11 5/16 in. (11.6 × 28.8 cm)
Plate: 4 1/8 × 10 3/4 in. (10.5 × 27.3 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1959
- Object Number: 59.644.8(24)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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