Raphael Sanzio d'Urbino. - DELLE LOGGIE DI RAFAELE NEL VATICANO. ROME

 

Raphael Sanzio d'Urbino.

DELLE LOGGIE DI RAFAELE NEL VATICANO. ROME, 1772-1777 

3 parts in 3 volumes, comprising:

Delle Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano. Rome, 1772, oblong folio (1220 x 500mm.), 18 etched and engraved plates including large folding plan of the gallery in 3 sheets

Second parte della loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano, Rome, 1776, elephant folio (820 x 710mm.), title within engraved border, 14 etched and engraved plates

Terza ed ultima parte delle Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano. Rome, 1777, oblong folio (1168 x 530mm), etched title page, 13 engraved plates

Estimate

 

10,000 — 15,000

 

GBP

 The three storeys of balconies in the Vatican known as Raphael's "Logge" were begun in 1514 by Donato Bramante; after Bramante's death that same year, Raphael was appointed to oversee their completion and design their decoration. These decorations quickly became famous and several suites of plates based on them were published in the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The present work, with magnificent designs reproduced from drawings made by the painter Gaetano Savorelli, draughtsman Ludovico Teseo and architect Pietro Camporesi and plates by Giovanni Volpato and Giovanni Ottaviani, was the first to attempt to show all the decoration of the pilasters and pillars.