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Frederick Christian Lewis's original soft ground etching, "Study For Part of The Celebrated Fresco, entitled The Heliodorus, in The Vatican" is based upon a drawing by the Italian artist, Raphael, also listed as (Raffaello Santi & Raffaello Sanzio di Urbino). It is printed upon 'Whatman' watermarked paper and with wide, full margins as created by F. C. Lewis in 1818 for William Young Ottley's portfolio entitled, The Italian School of Design published by Taylor and Hessey, 13, Waterloo Place, and 93, Fleet-Street, London in 1823. "Study For Part of The Celebrated Fresco, entitled The Heliodorus, in The Vatican" is a fine, original example of the etched art created by the British artist, Frederick Christian Lewis. |
Title: | Study For Part of The Celebrated Fresco, Entitled The Heliodorus, in The Vatican |
Engraver: | Lewis, Frederick Christian (London, 1779 - Enfield, Middlesex,1856) |
Designer: | Raphael 'Raffaello Santi' (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520) |
Date: | 1818 (1823 Edition) |
Medium: | Original Soft Ground Etching |
Publisher: | Taylor and Hessey, 13, Waterloo Place, and 93, Fleet-Street, London |
Printer: | J. Mc Creery, Tooks-Court, Chancery-Lane, London |
Source: | The Italian School of Design (Compiled by William Young Ottley) |
Note: | Frederick Christian Lewis 'F. C. Lewis': A prominent early nineteenth century painter, etcher, aquatint and stipple engraver, F. C. Lewis was a pupil of J. C. Stadler and studied at the Royal Academy Schools. Frederick Christian Lewis was a tremendously skilled and versatile printmaker, as witnessed in an original work of art such as this where he relies almost completely upon the most complex medium of soft ground etching to best simulate the appearance of drawing. Besides working regularly for William Ottley, F. C. Lewis also contributed etchings for J. M. W. Turner's famous, Liber Studiorum, and was regularly commissioned by members of the British Royal Family. |
Raphael (Raffaello Santi or Raffaello Sanzio di Urbino): Although he lived only thirty-seven years Raphael stands at the summit of High Renaissance art. He entered the workshop of Perugino in Perugia some time before 1499 and remained there until 1504. He then worked for four years in Florence before moving permanently to Rome. There Raphael was commissioned by Pope Julius II to decorate the papal apartments. Such famous frescoes as the School of Athens were completed by 1511. In 1513, Leo X became Pope and appointed Raphael his Prefect of Antiquities. Raphael's duties now widened to include architecture, archaeology and tapestry design. Upon his early death in 1520, Raphael was buried with the highest honors in the Pantheon. Raphael is also listed as (Raffaello Santi & Raffaello Sanzio di Urbino). | |
William Young Ottley: Born in Thatcham, England, 1771, William Ottley will forever be remembered both as an artist and as an art scholar. Having studied art under Cuitt and then in the Schools of the Royal Academy, London, William Ottley went to Italy in 1791 where he resided for ten years, researching and collecting works of Renaissance art. During his life Ottley became the greatest authority on the art of the Italian Renaissance and, upon returning to London, published a number of portfolios and books upon this subject. Apart from the biographical and scholarly information Ottley unearthed, the most valuable product of his researches was the meticulously detailed and artistic etchings and engravings he published. Either in their large folio size or in the smaller miniatures, these outstanding masterpieces of original printmaking have been admired for almost two centuries. Later in his life (1833), Ottley was appointed to the prestigious post of Keeper of the Prints for the British Museum. | |
The literary contributions of William Young Ottley included such works as, "The Italian School Of Design" (1808-1823), "An Inquiry Into The Origin And Early History of Engraving, Upon copper and in Wood, With An Account of Engravers And Their Works, From The Invention of Chalcography By Maso Finiguerra, To The Time of Marc' Antonio Raimondi", 2 volumes, (1816), "Engravings Of The Most Noble The Marquis Of Stafford's Collection Of Pictures, In London, Arranged According To Schools, And In Chronological Order, With Remarks On Each Picture,", 3 vols. (1818), "A Series of Plates, Engraved After The Paintings And Sculptures Of The Most Eminent Masters Of The Early Florentine School"; (1826), "A Descriptive Catalogue of The Pictures In The National Gallery" (1826), "The Original and Early History of Engraving", 2 volumes (1826), and "A Collection of One Hundred and Twenty-Nine Fac-Similes of Scarce and Curious Prints, By the Early Masters of the Italian, German, and Flemish Schools" (1828). Then in (1831), Ottley authored, "Notices of Engravers, and Their Works: Being The Commencement of a New Dictionary, Which it is Not Intended Continue, Containing Some Account of Upwards of Three Hundred Masters...", and "An Enquiry Concerning the Invention of Printing" was published posthumously (1863). Study For Part of The Celebrated Fresco,The Heliodorus, in The Vatican by Frederick Christian Lewis etched after a drawing by Raphael (Raffaello Santi) hails from William Young Ottley's portfolio entitled, The Italian School of Design published by Taylor and Hessey, 13, Waterloo Place, and 93, Fleet-Street, London in 1823 | |
Of all William Young Ottley's works of art, The Italian School of Design stands as his paramount achievement. Concentrating upon the drawings in his own collection by such masters of the High Renaissance as Raphaele, Correggio, the Carraccis, Salvator Rosa and other early Italian artists, William Ottley began work on his major opus as early as 1808, publishing etchings and engravings in monthly parts and concluding the work in 1823. Altogether the completed portfolio contained eighty-four plates, engraved by such eminent artists as Luigi Schiavonetti (1765 - 1810), Thomas Vivares (1735 - 1821), William Long (act. early 19th c.), Giovanni Vendramini (1769 - 1839), J. Perry, John Romney (1786 - 1863), Ignace Joseph de Claussen (1769 95 - 1844), William Young Ottley (1771 - 1836), Frederick Christian Lewis (1779 - 1856), and his younger brother, George Lewis (1782 - 1871), and others. The utmost care was taken with each engraved work, with the artists often venturing into the most complex mediums, such as stippling, soft-ground and aquatint. Ottley himself supervised the progress of each etching. These original etchings revolutionized British trends in art and had a profound impact upon the art of the Pre-Raphaelites in the later nineteenth century. This original soft ground etching hails from this set. It is listed under the title, "Study For Part of The Celebrated Fresco, Entitled The Heliodorus, in The Vatican" and listed as designed by Raffaello Sanzio di Urbino and engraved by F. C. Lewis. The Royal Academy of Arts Museum, London includes an impression of Study For Part of The Celebrated Fresco, Entitled The Heliodorus, in The Vatican from the 1823 “The Italian School of Design” edition in its collection (Object number:17/4059). | |
Size: | (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
Matted with 100% Archival Materials | |
Condition: | Printed upon 'Whatman' watermarked paper and with wide, full margins as created by F. C. Lewis in 1818 for William Young Ottley's portfolio entitled, The Italian School of Design published by Taylor and Hessey, 13, Waterloo Place, and 93, Fleet-Street, London in 1823. Bearing all the fine lines and tonal values of a very early impression and in excellent condition throughout. This famous engraving of a Study For Part of The Celebrated Fresco, Entitled The Heliodorus, in The Vatican represents a prime, original example of both the art of Frederick Christian Lewis and of Ottley's, Italian School of Design. |
Price: | Sold - The price is no longer available. |
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Original Soft Ground Etching by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis) designed by Raphael, 'Raffaello Santi'
Study For Part of The Celebrated Fresco, The Heliodorus, in The Vatican (The Italian School of Design) |
View other Original Works of art by Frederick Christian Lewis.
Frederick Christian Lewis 'F. C. Lewis' (London, 1779 - 1856) | ||||||||
# | Image | Title & Artists | Medium | Date | Engraver | Designer | Notes | - |
01.- | Augusta Fane, Countess of Lonsdale by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a drawing by Sir Thomas Lawrence. | Original Stipple & Soft Ground Etching with Hand Colouring | 1837 | F. C. Lewis | Sir Thomas Lawrence | Sir Thomas Lawrence’s, Cabinet of Gems, published by Ackermann and Co., London | ||
02.- | Arches (Architectural View of a Capriccio from the Forum of Augustus in Rome), by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto). | Original Aquatint and Etching | 1811 | F. C. Lewis | Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto) | John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed, "Canaletti delt.", "F. C. Lewis fc.", "In His Majesty's Collection", and the publication line, "Published April 17 1811. by J. Chamberlaine Scotland Yard.", and numbered, "Pl. LXVI". | ||
03.- | Bacchanalia, 'In His Majesty's Collection' (A Dance before a Herm of Pan, or Priapus), by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Nocolas Poussin. | Original Aquatint Engraving | c. 1809 | F. C. Lewis | Nocolas Poussin | John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed, "From the Original Drawing by N. Poussin.", "Engraved by Engrav'd by F. C. Lewis.", "In His Majesty's Collection", and the publication line, "Published by I. Chamberlaine London", and numbered, "Pl. XLII". | ||
04.- | Grand Study of Trees (A Pastoral Scene with Dancing Figures), by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee). | Original Etching and Aquatint | 1807 | F. C. Lewis | Claude Lorrain | John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed, "From the Original Drawing by Claude Lorrain.", "Engrav'd by F. C. Lewis", "In His Majesty's Collection". | ||
05.- | Leda and the Swan (Greek mythology: Zeus came to Leda in the form of a swan), by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael'. | Original Etching | 1809 | F. C. Lewis | Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael' | John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed,"From the Original Drawing by Raphaello di Urbino.", "F. Lewis sc.", "In His Majesty's Collection", and the publication line, "Pub. Feby. 7. 1809, by I. Chamberlaine, Scotland Yard.", and numbered, "Pl. XLVI". | Sold | |
06.- | Pharaoh (Moses and the Israelites Pass Through the Red Sea), by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee) | Original Etching & Aquatint with Hand Coloring | 1809 | F. C. Lewis | Claude Lorrain | John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed, "In His Majesty's Collection", "From the Original Drawing by Claude Lorrain.", "Engrav’d by F. C. Lewis", and the publication line, "Published Jany. 1809, by J Chamberlaine, London", and numbered, "XLVIII". | ||
07.- | Polyphemus (A One-Eyed Giant 'A Cyclops), by the brothers, George Robert Lewis (R. G. Lewis), and Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee). | Original Etching and Aquatint | 1807 | F. C. Lewis G. Lewis |
Claude Lorrain | John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed, "In His Majesty's Collection", "From the Original Drawing by Claude Lorrain.", "Engd by F. C. & G. Lewis". | ||
08.- | Portrait of Henry Bloxam as Child by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a drawing by Sir Thomas Lawrence. | Original Stipple & Soft Ground Etching with Hand Colouring | 1837 | F. C. Lewis | Sir Thomas Lawrence | Sir Thomas Lawrence’s, Cabinet of Gems, published by Ackermann and Co., London | ||
09.- | Portrait of Miss Mary Bloxam as a Young Lady by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a drawing by Sir Thomas Lawrence. | Original Stipple & Soft Ground Etching with Hand Colouring | 1837 | F. C. Lewis | Sir Thomas Lawrence | Sir Thomas Lawrence’s, Cabinet of Gems, published by Ackermann and Co., London | ||
10.- | Portrait of Richard Roland Bloxam as a Child by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a drawing by Sir Thomas Lawrence. | Original Stipple & Soft Ground Etching with Hand Colouring | 1837 | F. C. Lewis | Sir Thomas Lawrence | Sir Thomas Lawrence’s, Cabinet of Gems, published by Ackermann and Co., London | ||
11.- | Sibyl (Sibyl, The Prophetess or The Goddess of Poetry), by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael'. | Original Soft Ground Etching | 1809 | F. C. Lewis | Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael' | John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed, "From the Original Drawing by Raphaello di Urbino.", "F. C. Lewis sc.", "In His Majesty's Collection", and the publication line, "Pubd. Feby. 7. 1809 by I. Chamberlaine Scotland Yard."; with the watermark, "Edmeads & Pine, 1809", and numbered, "Pl. XLIII" | Sold | |
12.- | Study For Part of The Celebrated Fresco, The Heliodorus in The Vatican by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael'. | Original Soft Ground Etching | 1818 | F. C. Lewis | Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael' | William Young Ottley, London, Italian School of Design, bearing the full title, artist names, and publication line. | Sold | |
13.- | Temple of Apollo (Kotylion Mountain, Bassae, Greece), by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee). | Original Etching with Hand Coloring | 1809 | F. C. Lewis | Claude Lorrain | John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed, "From the Original Drawing by Claude Lorrain.", "Engrav'd by F. C. Lewis", "In His Majesty's Collection". | Sold | |
14.- | The Calmady Children, Emily and Laura Calmady by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a drawing by Sir Thomas Lawrence. | Original Stipple & Soft Ground Etching with Hand Colouring | 1837 | F. C. Lewis | Sir Thomas Lawrence | Sir Thomas Lawrence’s, Cabinet of Gems, published by Ackermann and Co., London | Sold | |
15.- | The Finding of the True Cross by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Gregorio Pagani. | Original Etching & Aquatint | 1812 | F. C. Lewis | Gregorio Pagani | William Young Ottley, London, Italian School of Design, bearing the full title, artist names, and publication line. | Sold | |
16.- | Holy Family (The Virgin with the Christ child, St. Elizabeth, & the infant St. John the Baptist), by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael'. | Original Soft Ground Etching | 1809 | F. C. Lewis | Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael' | John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed,"From the Original Drawing by Raphaello di Urbino.", "F. C. Lewis sct.", "In His Majesty's Collection", and the publication line, "Pub.d June 1. 1809, by J. Chamberlaine. Scotland Yard.", and numbered, "Pl. XLIX". | ||
17.- | The Landing of Aeneas (The hero of Virgil's Aeneid, Aeneas was the son of Anchises and Aphrodite), by the brothers, George Robert Lewis (R. G. Lewis), and Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee). | Original Etching and Aquatint | 1807 | F. C. Lewis
G. Lewis |
Claude Lorrain | John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed, "From the Original Drawing by Claude Lorrain.", "Engrav'd by F. C. & G. Lewis", "In His Majesty's Collection", and numbered, "PL. IV" | ||
18.- | The Sisters, Sir Thomas Lawrence's Nieces by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a drawing by Sir Thomas Lawrence. | Original Stipple & Soft Ground Etching with Hand Colouring | 1837 | F. C. Lewis | Sir Thomas Lawrence | Sir Thomas Lawrence’s, Cabinet of Gems, published by Ackermann and Co., London | Sold | |
19.- | Treading the Wine Bags (Three Bacchantes standing in Profile), by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Nicolas Poussin. | Original Aquatint | 1809 | F. C. Lewis | Nicolas Poussin | John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed, "From the Original Drawing by N. Poussin."Engrav'd by F. C. Lewis.", "In His Majesty's Collection", and the publication line, "Published by I. Chamberlaine London", and numbered, "Pl. XLVII". | ||
20.- | Virgin & Child & St. John by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Michelangelo 'Buonarroti, Michelangelo'. | Original Soft Ground Etching | 1811 | F. C. Lewis | Michelangelo 'Buonarroti, Michelangelo' | John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed, "Mich. I Angelo delt.", "F. C. Lewis Sculp.", "In His Majesty's Collection", and the publication line, "Published April. 17. 1811 by J. Chamberlaine Scotland Yard", and numbered, "Pl. LXIII". | Sold |
View other original works of art published by William Young Ottley for 'The Italian School of Design'.
''The Italian School of Design' Compiled by William Young Ottley | |||||||
# | Image | Title & Artists | Medium | Date | Engraver | Designer | - |
01.- | A Man's Head in Profile by Thomas Vivares designed by Michelangelo 'Buonarroti, Michelangelo' | Original Soft Ground Etching | 1818 (1823 Edition) | Thomas Vivares (London, 1735 - 1821) | Michelangelo 'Michelangelo Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni' (Caprese, 1475 - Rome, 1564) | Sold | |
02.- | A Youth at His Devotions by William Long designed by Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael' | Original Soft Ground Etching | 1818 (1823 Edition) | William Long (British, active London c. 1816 - 1855) | Raphael 'Raffaello Santi' (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520) | Sold | |
03.- | Study For Part of The Celebrated Fresco, The Heliodorus in The Vatican by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael'. | Original Soft Ground Etching | 1818 (1823 Edition) | Frederick Christian Lewis 'F. C. Lewis' (London, 1779 - 1856) | Raphael 'Raffaello Santi' (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520) | Sold | |
04.- | Study for the Figure of Diogenes in the School of Athens by William Long & William Young Ottley designed by Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael' | Original Soft Ground Etching | 1821 (1823 Edition) | William Young Ottley (Thatcham, 1771 - London, 1836) & William Long (British, active London c. 1816 - 1855) |
Raphael 'Raffaello Santi' (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520) | Sold | |
05.- | Group in the Fresco by Raffaello Representing the Story of Heliodorus in the Vatican by William Long designed by Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael' | Original Etching & Engraving | 1818 (1823 Edition) | William Long (British, active London c. 1816 - 1855) | Raphael 'Raffaello Santi' (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520) | ||
06.- | The Death of Adonis by William Long designed by Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael' | Original Etching with Plate Tone | 1818 (1823 Edition) | William Long (British, active London c. 1816 - 1855) | Raphael 'Raffaello Santi' (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520) | ||
07.- | The Finding of the True Cross by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Gregorio Pagani. | Original Etching & Aquatint | 1812 (1823 Edition) | Frederick Christian Lewis (London, 1779 - 1856) | Gregorio Pagani (Florence, 1558 - 1605) | Sold | |
08.- | The Holy Family by George Robert Lewis (G. R. Lewis) based upon a design by Fra. Bartolommeo also known as 'Baccio della Porta and Bartolomeo'. | Original Soft Ground Etching | 1818 (1823 Edition) | George Robert Lewis (London, 1782 - 1871) | Fra. Bartolommeo 'Baccio della Porta, Bartolomeo, Fra Bartolommeo di Pagholo' (Savignano, c. 1472 - Florence, 1517) | ||
09.- | The Madonna and Child by Thomas Vivares designed by Ludovico Carracci | Original Soft Ground Etching | 1818 (1823 Edition) | Thomas Vivares (London, 1735 - 1821) | Ludovico Carracci (Bologna, 1555 - 1619) |
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