Complete set of Octaviani engravings

A rare and complete set of thirteen copper engravings of the Vatican Loggia after the original paintings by Raphael (1483-1520), engraved by Octaviani after drawings by Savorelli and Camporesi, printed in light brown coloured ink.  These works depicting the decorative work executed by Raphael and his assistants between 1518-1519 in the Vatican.  They were drawn by Gaetano Savorelli, a Roman painter and draghtsman and best known for his Raphael drawings, and Pietro Camporesi, a Roman architect, who worked for Pope Clement Pius VI on rooms for the Vatican Museum.  The first to illustrate the famous frescoes, these beautiful plates were probably as early as 1760, but were not executed until 1772 to 1776.  The work on these images are some of the greatest produced in Europe during the whole of the eighteenth century, the golden age of the hand-coloured print.  This set likely magnificently painted in the 19th/20th C;

Dimensions: of engraving: 24" x 26"

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