print
- Museum number
- H,1.66
- Description
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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 left, under a colonnade, sits a Roman Prefect, at right the statue of Jupiter in a niche; all around are soldiers; after Raphael. c.1520-25
Engraving
- Production date
- 1520-1530
- Dimensions
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Height: 235 millimetres
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Width: 405 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- This print is erroneously described by Bartsch as the Martyrdom of St. Felicity. The design is after a preparatory drawing by Raphael for the fresco of the Martyrdom of St. Cecilia in the Chapel of S. Giovanni in the Villa Pontificia, Magliana commissioned by Leo X and executed by the School of Raphael between 1517-19. There are associated drawings in Dresden and at the Albertina (see: Roma e lo stile classico di Raffaello, ed. by K. Oberhuber, Milan 1999, cat.13).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1837 (before)
- Acquisition notes
- Laid down
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- H,1.66
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1980.U.1600