{"id":4264,"date":"2017-02-07T13:38:38","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T18:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/?post_type=product&p=4264"},"modified":"2020-07-19T10:07:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T14:07:24","slug":"neoclassical-art-renaissance-raphael-frescoes-chariots-4-antique-prints-19th-century","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/product\/neoclassical-art-renaissance-raphael-frescoes-chariots-4-antique-prints-19th-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Neoclassical, Art, Renaissance, Raphael, Frescoes, Chariots, 4 Antique Prints, 19th Century"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Although the source of the imagery in these prints has been consistently attributed to Raphael, the location of the frescoes on which they perhaps were based is unknown. Perhaps the intermediary draftsmen who designed the prints loosely based them on portions of works by Raphael and otherwise created the compositions themselves. As with the famous set of 12 Raphael\u2019s Hours<\/strong> prints, presumably the frescoes on which they were based were destroyed or covered up some time in the 19th century, leaving the prints as the most celebrated and popular examples of these images. The Roman days of the week corresponding to Sunday through Saturday were Solis (associated with Apollo), Lunae (associated with Diana), Martis (Mars), Mercurii (Mercury), Jovis (Jupiter), Veneris (Venus) and Saturni (Saturn).<\/p>\n

Raphael was one of the three greatest artists of the Italian High Renaissance and an accomplished architect as well. As chief archeologist to the Pope, he was involved in the excavation of the ancient Golden House of Nero, and adapted many of the elaborate Roman frescoes he saw there in creating his own innovative painted wall and ceiling designs in the Vatican and private villas in Rome. Prints made after Raphael\u2019s drawings, designs and paintings were produced during his lifetime by the engraver Marcantonio Raimondi (c.1470-1482 – c. 1527-1534). Raphael prints by other engravers were especially popular in the neoclassical period of the mid 18th century and early 19th century coinciding with the tremendous revival of interest in the classical art of ancient Greece and Rome, as well as the classicism of the Renaissance. Some of these prints served as references for architects and designers because many were based on frescoes that had been incorporated into interior architecture. This interest in Raphael, often reflected in prints, continued throughout the 19th century as he achieved legendary status.<\/p>\n

Among the more famous prints after Raphael are series from the late 18th century illustrating his frescoes in the Vatican stanze (notably Picturae Raphaelis Sanctii Urbinatis<\/strong>,Rome: 1722); the Vatican loggia (notably Loggia di Rafaele nel Vaticano<\/strong>, Rome: 1772-77) and the Villa Farnesina in Rome (notably Psyches et Amoris Nuptiae ac Fabula<\/strong>, Rome: 1693). One popular set, variously issued as engravings and lithographs during the 19th century, shows details of Raphael\u2019s allegorical frescoes of 12 hours of the day and night. A related set of engravings depicts the gods and goddesses of the Roman pantheon riding in chariots in their heavenly domain, probably representing the seven days of the week.<\/p>\n

Inscriptions below print:
\nApollo<\/strong>: \u201cRaffaele Sanzio d\u2019Urbino. Franco Staccoli, disegn\u00e9. Pietro Bonato Veneto incise.\u201d
\nMarte: <\/strong>\u201cRaffaele Sanzio d\u2019Urbino. Stefano Tofanelli delin. Pietro Bettelini incise in Roma.\u201d
\nMercurio:<\/strong> \u201cRaffaele Sanzio d\u2019Urbino. Stefano Tofanelli delin. Pietro Bonato Veneto, incise.\u201d
\nVenere:<\/strong> \u201cRaffaele Sanzio d\u2019Urbino. Agostino Tofanelli delin. Giuseppe Bortignoni Veneto incise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Condition: Generally very good with the usual light toning, wear, soiling, soft creases. Backside with some time toning, not noticeable from front.<\/p>\n

Reference:<\/p>\n

\u201cRaphael.” The Oxford Dictionary of Art.<\/em> Online at eNotes.com<\/em> 2008. http:\/\/www.enotes.com\/oxford-art-encyclopedia\/Raphael (28 October 2008).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Raphael Sanzio d’Urbino (1483-1520) (after)
\nFranco Staccoli, Agostino Tofanelli (1770-1834) and
\nStefano Tofanelli (1752-1812) (intermediary draftsmen)
\nPietro Bonato, Pietro Bettelini (1763-1829) and Giuseppe Bortignoni (1778-1860) (engravers)
\n[Chariots of the Gods]: Apollo, Marte [Mars], Mercurio [Mercury], Venere [Venus]<\/strong>
\nRome: c. 1780-1820
\nSet of four engravings, printed in color and finished by hand
\n13 x 16.5 inches, platemark
\n16 x 19.75 inches, overall
\n$2,800, set of 4<\/p>\n

Search our site for\u00a0other Raphael prints on our site.<\/p>\n

Four luminous prints of classical Roman gods and a goddess, portrayed as heroic nude figures riding in chariots atop the clouds in the sky, each with their symbolic attributes. Each design is set in oval lozenge. Apollo is a youth in a golden chariot pulled by four white horses, as befits his role as a sun god. Mars, the god of war based on the Greek god Ares, is depicted as a gladiator with a helmet and spear, on a chariot decorated with carved battle scenes drawn by two white horses. Mercury, the messenger god based on the Greek god Hermes, is seated in a chariot pulled by two strutting roosters. He wears a winged helmet and winged sandals, and carries his caduceus. Venus leans forward in her golden chariot, pulled by four white doves. They are from a larger set apparently based on the Roman names for the seven days of the week, also including Jupiter, Diana and Saturn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4265,"template":"","meta":{"wds_primary_product_brand":0,"wds_primary_product_cat":0,"footnotes":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[955,945,952],"product_tag":[195,42,1966,1054,2061,3555,1512,2053,2062,1974,203,5585,6319,6320,6321,1997,1673,2054,1085,3554,6322,548],"class_list":{"0":"post-4264","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-myth-allegory","7":"product_cat-neoclassical","8":"product_cat-old-masters","9":"product_tag-18th-century","10":"product_tag-19th-century","11":"product_tag-apollo","12":"product_tag-art","13":"product_tag-chariot","14":"product_tag-durbino","15":"product_tag-engraving","16":"product_tag-fresco","17":"product_tag-gods","18":"product_tag-greek","19":"product_tag-italian","20":"product_tag-mars","21":"product_tag-marte","22":"product_tag-mercurio","23":"product_tag-mercury","24":"product_tag-mythology","25":"product_tag-print","26":"product_tag-raphael","27":"product_tag-roman","28":"product_tag-sanzio","29":"product_tag-venere","30":"product_tag-venus","31":"post","32":"post-with-thumbnail","33":"post-with-thumbnail-large","35":"first","36":"instock","37":"purchasable","38":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/4264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/4264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27228,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/4264\/revisions\/27228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=4264"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=4264"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=4264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}