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The Death of Ananias

Print
1840s (made)
Artist/Maker
Dobbs Bailey & Co. (maker)
Raphael (artist)
Place of origin
London (made)

This embossed image represents the moment when Ananias is struck down and dies after lying to Saint Peter about the proportion of earnings he is giving to the Church.

This image is in the same direction as the cartoon from which it is derived. The so-called Raphael Cartoons are seven full size designs for tapestries by the great Italian Renaissance artist Raphael (1483-1520). They illustrate passages from the Bible concerning the lives of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. None of them is smaller than ten feet high by thirteen feet wide. They belong to Her Majesty the Queen and have been on loan to this museum since 1865. The earliest print relating to the Raphael Cartoons dates from 1516, the year in which Raphael received final payment for the commission. It inaugurates an extraordinary case study in the history of printmaking, stretching over more than four hundred and fifty years and across a wide range of printmaking techniques.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Religion
Christianity
Object type
Print
Titles
  • The Death of Ananias (popular title)
  • Raphael Cartoons (generic title)
Materials and techniques
blind embossing and cameo embossing
Card
Laminate
Printing Ink
Embossing
Printing
Brief description
Embossed paper tableau from the Raphael Cartoons - Death of Ananias; maker Dobbs Bailey & Co., London; British, 1840s.
Physical description
Embossed paper tableau based on one of the Raphael Cartoons, consisting of a low relief image in white of the cartoon, surrounded by a border, with stylized floral decoration in white against grey.

Ananias lies on the ground centre right of the foreground. To the left a man and woman react in horror. On a raised platform in the centre background a group of men stand, Saint Peter in the middle passing judgement on Ananias. The background is faint but shows groups of people and a couple leaving via steps at the back to the left.

This image is in the same direction as the cartoon from which it is derived.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 27.2cm
  • Sheet width: 37.3cm
  • Image with border height: 22cm
  • Image with border width: 29.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • EMBOSSED TABLEAUX (In band within coloured border at top centre)
  • DOBBS BAILEY & CO. LONDON (Within coloured border, just below lower border, to the right)
  • THE DEATH OF ANANIAS / RAPHAEL (In band in coloured border below image, centred)
  • No. 1807 (Embossed lower right corner within main image)
Subjects depicted
Crowd Scenes
Raphael Cartoons
Ananias
Peter (Saint)
Literary referenceBible, Acts, 5, verses 3 & 5
Summary
This embossed image represents the moment when Ananias is struck down and dies after lying to Saint Peter about the proportion of earnings he is giving to the Church.

This image is in the same direction as the cartoon from which it is derived. The so-called Raphael Cartoons are seven full size designs for tapestries by the great Italian Renaissance artist Raphael (1483-1520). They illustrate passages from the Bible concerning the lives of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. None of them is smaller than ten feet high by thirteen feet wide. They belong to Her Majesty the Queen and have been on loan to this museum since 1865. The earliest print relating to the Raphael Cartoons dates from 1516, the year in which Raphael received final payment for the commission. It inaugurates an extraordinary case study in the history of printmaking, stretching over more than four hundred and fifty years and across a wide range of printmaking techniques.
Associated object
ROYAL LOANS.5 (Source)
Bibliographic references
  • Hall, John. Embossed Images on Paper: A Display at the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London, 28 March - 29 October 1996, Part II. London: Kingston University, 1996. p.61
  • Shearman, John. Raphael's Cartoons in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen and the tapestries for the Sistine Chapel. London, Phaidon, 1972.
  • Fermor, Sharon. The Raphael Tapestry Cartoons: Narrative, Decoration, Design. London, Scala Books in association with the Victoria and Albery Museum.
  • page 133 Rickards, Maurice and Michael Twyman [Ed.]. The Encyclopedia of Ephemera: A Guide to the Fragmentary Documents of Everyday Life for the Collector, Curator, and Historian. London: British Library, 2000.
Other number
No. 1807 - Manufacturer's number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.833-1996

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Record createdApril 20, 2009
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