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1980

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Print, Wall Decoration, Plate IX from Le loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano (Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican)

This is a Print. It was created by Giovanni Ottaviani and print maker: Giovanni Ottaviani and Giovanni Volpato and after Raphael. It is dated 1772–77 and we acquired it in 1980. Its medium is brush and watercolor, gouache over etching on white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Unknown. It is credited Gift of Unknown Donor.

  • Sidewall (France)
  • block printed on handmade paper.
  • Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Fairchild.
  • 1900-5-3
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  • Dado (France)
  • block-printed on handmade paper.
  • Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
  • 1931-45-58
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Its dimensions are

111.9 x 45.7 cm (44 1/16 x 18 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower right: Goani Ottaviani sculp. cum privilegio SS.D. N. Clementis XIII

It is inscribed

Inscribed in plate, upper right: Num IX

Cite this object as

Print, Wall Decoration, Plate IX from Le loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano (Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican); Giovanni Ottaviani (ca. 1735 – 1808); After Raphael (Italian, 1483 - 1520); Print Maker: Giovanni Volpato (Italian, 1740 - 1803); Italy; brush and watercolor, gouache over etching on white wove paper; 111.9 x 45.7 cm (44 1/16 x 18 in.); Gift of Unknown Donor; 1980-32-1740

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Excavating Design: 18th-century Drawings and Prints from the Permanent Collection.

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