print
- Museum number
- V,5.145
- Description
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The fire in the Borgo, after Raphael, with, in the background, Leo IV putting out the fire by making the sign of the cross; arched composition; third state of a plate originally published in 1545, re-published in 1610, with addition of a dedication in a cartouche in the lower right corner
Engraving
- Production date
- 1545-1610
- Dimensions
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Height: 434 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 568 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- After the fresco executed by Raphael in 1514 (Stanza dell'Incendio di Borgo, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican).
The plate was published by Salamanca in 1545. Bartsch attributes the plate to an anonymous artist close to the manner of Marco da Ravenna.
Also see "Raphael Invenit", 1985, p.55, No.1b.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Fire in the Borgo 847
- Acquisition date
- 1753
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- V,5.145
- Additional IDs
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Other BM number: 1980,U.1608