Raphael Loggia @ the State Hermitage Museum
The museum contains the only reproduction in the world in the original size of Raphael's celebrated loggias, erected in the Vatican Palace by the architect Donato Bramante (1444-1514) and painted between 1516 and 1518 by pupils of Raphael after his sketches and under his supervision. The loggias form a high, well-lit gallery, the ceiling of which is decorated with fifty-two paintings based upon biblical stories interpreted in the spirit of the Renaissance. The walls are completely covered with paintings in which motifs from classical mythology are interwoven with plant designs and the representations of animals and birds. Serving as a model for the design of the loggias was the decorative ornamentation of the ancient Roman thermae of Titus and several other ancient edifices, the excavation work on which was led by Raphael. The Hermitage copy was made at the end of the eighteenth century by a group of artists under Christopher Unterberger. The work of copying was carried out in the Vatican over a period of seven years. Painted canvases brought from Italy were stretched out on frames and inserted into the walls of the Hermitage loggias, specially built for this purpose by Giacomo Quarenghi.
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Raphael Loggia @ the State Hermitage Museum
The museum contains the only reproduction in the world in the original size of Raphael's celebrated loggias, erected in the Vatican Palace by the architect Donato Bramante (1444-1514) and painted between 1516 and 1518 by pupils of Raphael after his sketches and under his supervision. The loggias form a high, well-lit gallery, the ceiling of which is decorated with fifty-two paintings based upon biblical stories interpreted in the spirit of the Renaissance. The walls are completely covered with paintings in which motifs from classical mythology are interwoven with plant designs and the representations of animals and birds. Serving as a model for the design of the loggias was the decorative ornamentation of the ancient Roman thermae of Titus and several other ancient edifices, the excavation work on which was led by Raphael. The Hermitage copy was made at the end of the eighteenth century by a group of artists under Christopher Unterberger. The work of copying was carried out in the Vatican over a period of seven years. Painted canvases brought from Italy were stretched out on frames and inserted into the walls of the Hermitage loggias, specially built for this purpose by Giacomo Quarenghi.
hermitage.petersburg-bridges.com/2007/05/italian-art-13th...
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