Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia

Marcantonio Raimondi; after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio)LinkedCulture matchlcp-cd6386d374b5

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An angel descends with a laurel wreath as Saint Cecilia is boiled in oil. Two executioners approach her carrying the severed heads of her husband and brother-in-law. The man seated at the left and pointing may be Turcius Almachius, the Roman prefect said to have ordered the persecution. Opposite him, an enthroned statue of Jupiter symbolically presides. In an inscription beneath Jupiter, Marcantonio credits Raphael with the invention of the composition, which workshop assistants painted on the wall of the Villa della Magliana, a papal retreat built on the site venerated as the place where martyrdoms occurred. Painted for Pope Leo X, the fresco was destroyed in 1830 during alterations to the villa. Italy, Europe

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Dated
16th century
Artist
Marcantonio Raimondi; after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio)
Department
European Art
Credit
The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916
Medium
Engraving

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This engraving survives because the fresco it recorded does not. Marcantonio Raimondi preserved Raphael's lost composition, painted for Pope Leo X at the very site in Rome where Saint Cecilia was said to have died. In the image, Cecilia stands in a boiling cauldron while an angel descends with a laurel wreath and two executioners carry severed heads toward her. When the Villa della Magliana was altered in 1830, the fresco was destroyed, leaving this print as the only remaining evidence of that papal commission.

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Object ID
52596
Object Type
Prints
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Classification” · the first available of several museum fields
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Creator
Marcantonio Raimondi; after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio)
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Artist” · copied as is
Medium
Engraving
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Medium” · copied as is
Department
European Art
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Department” · copied as is
Credit Line
The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Credit” · copied as is
Date
16th century
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