Borders with grotesque patterns. Coloured engravings by G. Ottaviani after Raphael.

[Rome?] : [publisher not identified], [1800?]

1 album (39 prints) : engravings, with gouache ; sheets 98 x 15 cm

Wellcome Collection 10157i

G.B. Pezzini, S. Massari, S.P. Valenti Rodinò, Raphael invenit, Roma: Edizioni Quasar, 1985, pp. 104-106, 469-489

Coloured prints from the series by Giovanni Ottaviani (engraver), Pietro Camporesi (architect) and Gaetano Savorelli (painter) after the "alla grottesca" borders painted by Raphael and his associates in the Loggia of the Vatican in 1518-1519. The series of prints was published 1776-1782, but creation of it started earlier, in 1769. The title plate and the last fourteen borders were engraved by Giovanni Volpato after drawings by Ludovico Teseo: see Raphael invenit, loc. cit.

Engravings coloured in gouache and bound together for use as demonstration samples by a neoclassical interior decorator

Fol. 2: Ottaviani, Pilastro XI; Raphael invenit no. XIII.12, pp. 104 and 474: porcupine at base

Fol. 3: Ottaviani, Pilastro VIII; Raphael invenit no. XIII.9, pp. 104 and 472: fruit

Fol. 4. Ottaviani, Pilastro XIII ; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 15, pp. 104 and 475: fruit

Fol. 5. Ottaviani, Pilastro II; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 3, pp. 104 and 469: fruit

Fol. 6: Ottaviani, Pilastro V; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 6, pp. 104 and 471: squirrels and rodents

Fol. 7: Ottaviani, Pilastro V; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 6, pp.104 and 471: fruit

Fol. 8: Ottaviani, Pilastro III; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 4, pp. 104 and 470: three butterflies at base

Fol. 9: Ottaviani, Pilastro IV; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 5, pp. 104 and 470: fruit

Fol. 10 left: Ottaviani, Pilastro VIII; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 9, pp. 104 and 472; right, Ottaviani, Pilastro IV; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 5, pp. 104 and 472: leaves and flowers

Fol. 11. Ottaviani, Pilastro XI; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 12, pp. 104 and 474: fruit

Fol. 12 left: Ottaviani, Pilastro V; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 6, pp. 104 and 471; right: Ottaviani, Pilastro X; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 11, pp. 104 and 473: leaves and birds

Fol. 13. Ottaviani, Pilastro X; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 11, pp. 104 and 473: fruit

Fol. 14. Ottaviani, Pilastro II; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 3, pp. 104 and 469: vase and cherubs at base

Fol. 15. Ottaviani, Pilastro X; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 11, pp. 104 and 473: seahorses and cherubs

Fol. 16. Ottaviani, Pilastro IX; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 10, pp. 104 and 473: fruit

Fol. 17: Ottaviani, Pilastro III; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 4, pp. 104 and 470: Cherub-headed, lammasu

Fol. 18: Ottaviani, Pilastro VII; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 8, pp. 104 and 472: Griffins in bottom rectangle

Fol. 19: Ottaviani, Pilastro XII; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 14, pp. 104 and 475: fruit

Fol. 20 left: Ottaviani, Pilastro IX; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 10, pp.104 and 473; right: Ottaviani, Pilastro XII; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 14, pp. 104 and 475: small motifs, e.g., vases and plants

Fol. 21: Ottaviani, Pilastro II; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 3, pp. 104 and 469: squares and rectangles with figures

Fol. 22: Ottaviani, Pilastro III; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 4, pp. 104 and 470: fruit

Fol. 23 left: Ottaviani, Pilastro VII; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 8, pp. 104 and 472; right: Ottaviani, Pilastro XI; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 12, pp. 104 and 474: small motifs, e.g., vases and plants

Fol. 24: Ottaviani, Pilastro XII; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 13, pp. 104 and 474: squares and rectangles with figures

Fol. 25: Ottaviani, Pilastro VII; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 8, pp. 104 and 472: fruit

Fol. 26 Top row, left: Ottaviani, Pilastro I E XIII; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 2, pp. 104 and 469; top row, right: Ottaviani, Pilastro VIII; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 9, pp. 104 and 472; 2nd row, left: Ottaviani, Pilastro X; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 11, pp. 104 and 473; 2nd row, right: Ottaviani, Pilastro V; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 6, pp. 104 and 471; 3rd row, left: Ottaviani, Pilastro III; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 4, pp. 104 and 470; 3rd row, right: Ottaviani, Pilastro XII; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 13, 104 and 474; bottom row, left: Ottaviani, Pilastro XII; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 14, pp. 104 and 475; bottom row, right: Ottaviani, Pilastro IX; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 10, pp. 104 and 473: small, decorative panels

Fol. 27: Ottaviani, Pilastro XII; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 15, pp. 104 and 475: squares and rectangles with figures

Fol. 28: Ottaviani, Pilastro VI; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 7, pp. 104 and 471: fruit

Fol. 29: Ottaviani, Pilastro IV; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 5, pp. 104 and 470: empty semi-circle at base

Fol. 30 left: Ottaviani, Pilastro XII; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 13, pp. 104 and 474; right Ottaviani, Pilastro III; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 4, pp. 104 and 470: small motifs, e.g., vases and plants

Fol. 31: Ottaviani, Pilastro XII; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 13, pp. 104 and 474: fruit

Fol. 32: Ottaviani, Pilastro XI; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 12, pp. 104 and 474: lions in grape vines

Fol. 33 left: Ottaviani, Pilastro II; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 3, pp. 104 and 469; right: Ottaviani, Pilastro VI; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 7, pp. 104 and 471: flowers and leaves

Fol. 34: Ottaviani, Pilastro VI; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 7, pp. 104 and 471: figures and lions in octagons

Fol. 35: Ottaviani, Pilastro VIII; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 9, pp. 104 and 472: figure with cherub in bottom circle

Fol. 36: Ottaviani, Pilastro IX; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 10, pp. 104 and 473: squares and rectangles with small motifs

Fol. 37: Ottaviani, Pilastro XIII ; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 15, pp. 104 and 475: squares and rectangles with figures

Fol. 38: Ottaviani, Pilastro V; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 6, pp. 104 and 471: squares and rectangles with winged bears

Fol. 39 left: Ottaviani, Pilastro XIII ; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 15, pp. 104 and 475: birds and leaves; right, top: Ottaviani, Pilastro XI; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 12, pp. 104 and 474; right, middle: Ottaviani, Pilastro IV; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 5, pp. 104 and 470; right, bottom: Ottaviani, Pilastro VII; Raphael invenit no. XIII. 8, pp. 104 and 472: small decorative panels