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Home , Esterhazy Madonna, Giulio Bonasone, Jacopo Caraglio, Marcantonio Raimondi, Marco Dente, Ugo da Carpi

THE TRIUMPH OF PERFECTION SIXTEENTH-CENTURY ITALIAN DRAWINGS AND PRINTS FROM THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BUDAPEST

EXHIBITED WORKS

long with Leonardo and , Raphael, the youngest of the Beside the Antique, young artists in diligently copied Raphael’s works, Afamous master triad of the High , made an exceptionally and their studies quickly transmitted the master’s vocabulary throughout . deep impression on Italian art. Despite of his short career concentrated was an eminent artist of the new generation and one of the in Rome between 1508 and 1520, there was no artist untouched by his most original inventors of Italian , many of whose Roman studies classical style. In his large workshop, many gifted young artists, such as clearly reflect Raphael’s compositions. Raphael was a major source also for , , and Giovanni Giovanni Battista Franco, who played an important role in the dissemination da Udine, worked under Raphael’s supervision as associates and assistants, of Central Italian art in mid-sixteenth-century . participating in the execution of his numerous significant commissions. Raphael was the first sixteenth-century painter who recognised the After Raphael’s premature death, members of his workshop completed their advantages of reproducing his compositions in print. From the early 1510s master’s suddenly interrupted projects and started their own flourishing printmakers working closely with his workshop, above all the most eminent careers. engraver of the period , were conducting a very The Collection of Drawings and Prints in Budapest preserves six draw- successful undertaking. The appointment of Baviero de’ Carocci, Raphael’s ings by Raphael: an early study for his first Perugian altarpiece, the Oddi former assistant to supervise the publication of prints after the painter’s designs Coronation of the Virgin, a study for Saint Jerome from his stay in Florence, marks the birth of the highly organized print publishing business in Rome. the compositional sketch for the Disputa in the Vatican Palace, a powerful Along with Marcantonio Raimondi’s , works by the most excellent Angel Head for the Sala di Costantino a unique preliminary drawing for the printmakers, such as , and , renowned Massacre of the Innocents engraved by Marcantonio Raimondi, as well as by the outstanding woodcutter well illus- and the silverpoint Venus, a superb masterpiece of the High Renaissance. trate Raphael’s dominant role in contemporary Italian printmaking. Our collection is also remarkable for the drawings by Raphael’s pupils, The sixty masterpieces in the exhibition demonstrate Raphael’s genius as including ten authentic works by his most successful former assistant Giulio well as the next generation’s relation to his unparalleled artistic legacy. It is the Romano, fifteen by Perino del Vaga and three by Polidoro da Caravaggio. first occasion that the Esterházy Madonna is exhibited in the context of draw- We also own a beautiful series of five drawings by Tommaso Vincidor ings. Its underdrawing visible even to the naked eye, supported by a recent representing Giochi di Putti for the Medici Tapestries. A remarkable study technical analysis, offers an extraordinary occasion to understand Raphael’s from the circle of Raphael was drawn immediately after the excavation of working method. The exhibition provided occasion for the technical exam- the Laocoön group and represents the statue in its original state before the ination of Raphael’s drawings, the results of which are first published in the addition of supplements. volume accompanying the show.

1 4 Raphael Raphael (1483−1520) (1483−1520) The Assumption of the Virgin The Massacre of the Innocents c. 1503−4 c. 1511−12

Pen and brown ink, some traces of black chalk, Pen and brown ink a fragmentary motif in red chalk 260 × 400 mm 158 × 193 mm Inv. no. 2195 Inv. no. 1779

2 5 Raphael Marcantonio Raimondi (1483−1520) (1470/82−1527/34) Nude Studies, probably for Saint Jerome Raphael c. 1504−5 (1483−1520) The Massacre of the Innocents (with fir tree) Pen and brown ink c. 1511−12 238 × 146 mm Inv. no. 1936 277 × 428 mm Inv. no. 5536

3 6 ANTONIO Pollaiuolo Marcantonio Raimondi (1432−1498) (1470/82−1527/34) Battle of the Nudes Raphael c. 1470−75 (1483−1520) The Massacre of the Innocents (without fir tree) Engraving c. 1513−15 407 × 590 mm Inv. no. 25094 Engraving 277 × 425 mm Inv. no. H.6871

5 7 10 Parmigianino Giovanni Battista Franco (1503−1540) (?1510−1561) Sleeping Cupid Study for a Group, after Raphael's Disputa c. 1524−30 c. 1545

Etching and engraving Pen and wash in brown ink, over black chalk 65 × 100 mm 241 × 395 mm Inv. no. 6291 Inv. no. 2196

8 11 Master ND Marcantonio Raimondi (fl c. 1520−50) (1470/82−1527/34) After Giulio Romano Raphael (?1499−1546) (1483−1520) The Massacre of the Innocents Parnassus 1544 c. 1517−20

Chiaroscuro from three blocks Engraving 292 × 510 mm 353 × 468 mm Inv. no. 7333 Inv. no. 25102

9 Raphael (1483−1520) Design for a Temporary Decoration (recto) after 1509 Sketches for the Disputa (verso) c. 1508–9

Pen and brown ink, over black chalk 200 × 153 mm Inv. no. 1935

6 12 15 Giorgio Ghisi Marco Dente (1520−1582) (?−1527) after Raphael probably after Raphael (1483−1520) (1483−1520) Laocoön 1550 c. 1517−19

Engraving Engraving 500 × 397 mm 276 × 392 mm Inv. no. 25380 Inv. no. 6863

13 16 Anonymous Artist Moderno (1467–1528) Laocoön The Flagellation of Christ c. 1509−10 c. 1506–9

Pen and wash in brown ink Bronze 473 × 325 mm 143 × 108 mm Inv. no. K.58.983 Inv. no. 7438

14 17 Marco Dente Giulio Romano (?−1527) (?1499–1546) Laocoön Frieze of an Acanthus Scroll c. 1520−25 c. 1520

Engraving Pen and brown ink 464 × 326 mm 264 × 148 mm Inv. no. 6843 Inv. no. 1876

7 18 21 Marco Dente Marcantonio Raimondi (?−1527) (1470/82−1527/34) Ornamental Panel Crouching Venus early 1520s c. 1509

Engraving Engraving 212 × 139 mm 222 × 148 mm Inv. no. 6833 Inv. no. 5610

19 22 Perino del Vaga Raphael (1501−1547) (1483−1520) Studies for Grotesques Venus c. 1545 c. 1511−14

Pen and brown ink Silverpoint 277 × 185 mm 190 × 75 mm Inv. no. 1917-191 Inv. no. 1934

20 Perino del Vaga (1501−1547)

Studies for Friezes and a Crouching Female Nude (recto) Studies of Figures and a Frieze (verso) c. 1537−39

Pen and brown ink, some traces of red chalk 275 × 395 mm Inv. no. 1864

8 23 26 Marcantonio Raimondi Giulio Romano (1470/82−1527/34) (?1499−1546) Raphael Erotic Scene (1483−1520) after 1524 The Judgement of Paris c. 1518−20 Pen and wash in brown ink, over black chalk, heightened with white Engraving 130 × 226 mm 292 × 435 mm Inv. no. 2419 Inv. no. 5516

24 27 Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1510−after 1576) (1470/82−1527/34) The Judgement of Paris Bacchanal mid-1560s early 1510s

Etching Engraving 298 × 458 mm 148 × 503 mm Inv. no. 6421 Inv. no. 5532

25 28 Giovanni Battista SCULTORI Marcantonio Raimondi (1503−1575) (1470/82−1527/34) Mars and Venus after Raphael 1539 (1483−1520) Pan and the Infant Bacchus Engraving c. 1515−16 283 × 202 mm Inv. no. 5269 Engraving 125 × 92 mm Inv. no. 5616

9 29 32 Jacopo Caraglio Perino del Vaga (c. 1500/5–1565) (1501–1547) After Perino del Vaga Battle of Centaurs and Lapiths (1501–1547) c. 1545–47 Vertumnus and Pomona 1527 Black chalk 197 × 284 mm Engraving Inv. no. 1868 210 × 136 mm Inv. no. 6758

30 33 Jacopo Caraglio Perino del Vaga (c. 1500/5–1565) (1501–1547) After Perino del Vaga Sketches for the Decoration of a Ceiling (1501–1547) c. 1528–30 Jupiter and Mnemosyne 1527 Pen and brown ink 203 × 150 mm Engraving Inv. no. 1930 211 × 135 mm Inv. no. 6748

31 Perino del Vaga (1501–1547)

Study for Saint George and the Dragon (recto) Figure Studies (verso) c. 1535

Pen and brown ink, over red chalk 215 × 258 mm Inv. no. 1794

10 34 37 Perino del Vaga Giulio Romano (1501–1547) (?1499–1546) Study for a Wall Decoration A Repast c. 1537 c. 1531–34

Pen and wash in brown and grey ink, over black chalk Pen and wash in brown ink, over black chalk, 420 × 290 mm heightened with white Inv. no. 1838 220 × 417 mm Inv. no. 2126

35 38 Polidoro da Caravaggio Raphael (c. 1499–c. 1543) (1483–1520) Design for a Decoration Head of an Angel c. 1520–24 c. 1519–20

Pen and wash in brown ink Greyish black chalk or charcoal and brownish charcoal, 320 × 217 mm heightened with white Inv. no. 1858 308 × 254 mm Inv. no. 1943

36 39 Giulio Romano attributed to Perino del Vaga (?1499–1546) (1501–1547) The Entombment The Triumph of David Late 1520s c. 1516–19

Pen and brown ink, over black chalk Pen and wash in brown ink 143 × 215 mm 262 × 397 mm Inv. no. 1877 Inv. no. 2194

11 40 43 Raphael Marcantonio Raimondi (1483–1520) (1470/82−1527/34) Esterházy Madonna David c. 1507–8 c. 1506

Tempera and oil, on panel Engraving 28.5 × 21.5 cm 170 × 107 mm Inv. no. 71 Inv. no. 5570

41 44 albrecht dürer Marcantonio Raimondi (1471–1528) (1470/82−1527/34) The Probably after Giorgione c. 1503–4 (?1477/8−1510) The Dream of Raphael Woodcut c. 1507−8 298 × 210 mm Inv. no. 1913-456 Engraving 235 × 333 mm Inv. no. 5542

42 45 Marcantonio Raimondi Marcantonio Raimondi (1470/82−1527/34) (1470/82−1527/34) after albrecht dürer Raphael (1471–1528) (1483−1520) The Visitation The Plague (The Morbetto) c. 1506–8 c. 1515−16

Engraving Engraving 292 × 211 mm 198 × 253 mm Inv. no. 5683 Inv. no. 5786

12 46 49 Marcantonio Raimondi Ugo da Carpi (1470/82−1527/34) (fl c. 1502−32) Probably after Giulio Romano After Raphael (?1499–1546) (1483−1520) The Carcass (Lo Stregozzo) The Miraculous Draught of Fishes c. 1520 c. 1527−30

Engraving and etching Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks 300 × 631 mm 231 × 345 mm Inv. no. 25099 Inv. no. 6136

47 50 parmigianino Andrea Schiavone (1503−1540) (c. 1510−1563) after Raphael After Raphael (1483–1520) (1483−1520) Saints Peter and John Healing a Lame Man The Miraculous Draught of Fishes c. 1524−30 c. 1548−52

Etching, engraving, chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks Etching 268 × 401 mm 191 × 271 mm Inv. no. 6286 Inv. no. 6308

48 51 Giovanni Battista Franco Antonio Fantuzzi (?1510−1561) (fl 1537−50) after Raphael probably After Raphael (1483–1520) (1483−1520) Saints Peter and John Healing a Lame Man The Miraculous Draught of Fishes mid-1540s 1540s

Etching and engraving Etching 272 × 406 mm 261 × 328 mm Inv. no. 7043 Inv. no. 5901

13 52 55 Tommaso Vincidor parmigianino (?–1534) (1503−1540) after Raphael Compositional Study with the Life of the Virgin (1483–1520) c. 1524−27 Playing Putti c. 1520 Pen and wash in grey ink 191 × 129 mm Pen and wash in brown ink, black chalk, heightened Inv. no. 1893 213 × 288 mm Inv. no. 2266

53 56 Master of the Die parmigianino (fl c. 1530–60) (1503−1540) after Raphael Study for a Group (1483–1520) c. 1525−27 Putti Playing 1532 Pen and wash in brown ink, over black chalk, heightened with white, on pink prepared paper Engraving 143 × 161 mm 187 × 285 mm Inv. no. 1888 Inv. no. 46052

54 57 Marcantonio Raimondi Marcantonio Raimondi (1470/82−1527/34) (1470/82−1527/34) Raphael after Raphael (1483−1520) (1483−1520) Quos Ego The Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia c. 1515−16 c. 1520−25

Engraving Engraving 430 × 330 mm 238 × 405 mm Inv. no. 5595 Inv. no. 5517

14 58 Jacopo Caraglio (c. 1500/5–1565) Parmigianino (1503–1540) The Martyrdom of Two Saints c. 1527

Engraving 258 × 451 mm Inv. no. 46019

59 Marcantonio Raimondi (1470/82−1527/34) after Raphael (1483−1520) Lucretia c. 1511−12

Engraving 205 × 129 mm Inv. no. 5585

60 Parmigianino (1503−1540) Studies for Lucretia, Proserpina, and Mercury c. 1535−38

Pen and wash in brown ink, heightened with white 188 × 96 mm Inv. no. 1883

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