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GIOVANNI OTTAVIANI (after Raphael)
Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano
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Bound volume with 40 etchings after the Vatican frescoes by Raphael and etched half-
title perspectival view of the loggie by Giovanni Volpato, 1770. 1250x480 mm; 49
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inches (sheets), full margins. Binding worn.Very good impressions with strong contrasts.
The Raphael fresco decorations in the Vatican’s three-storied balconies known as the
‘Logge’ quickly became famous, and various suites of plates were issued from the 17th
century onward. However, this set was the first to attempt to show all the decoration of
the pilasters and pillars.A set of the present engravings stimulated Catherine the Great to
have a replica of the Logge built at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg.
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