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Raphael Room, North Wall
Raphael Room, East Wall
Raphael Room South Wall
Raphael Room, West Wall
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East Wall
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West Wall

1. Fireplace. 

North Italian, 15th century. Inscription: Motu et Lumine (Motion and Light)

2. Armchair. 

Italian, Venice, early 18th century. Wood

3. Armchair (four in this room). 

Italian, Venice, first half of the 18th century. Wood

4. Furnishing Fabric. 

Italian, 1600–1650. Silk velvet and gilt yarn

5. Old Testament Scenes, 

1650–1725. North Italian. Oil on canvas

6. Plate: The Nativity. 

Italian, Urbino, about 1540–1550. Majolica

7. Mirrors etched with mythological scenes (four in this room). 

Italian, Venice,19th century. Glass

8. Tripod. 

Italian, 15th century. Iron. Holds a large bronze basin.

9. Side Chair (part of a set: 1 sofa and 13 side chairs). 

Italian, late 18th century. Wood

10. On the table in the center of the room: 

  • Silenus. Greco-Roman, 2nd–3rd century. 
  • Marble Tumbler (holds tapers for lighting candles). Bohemian, about 1730. Glass and gold
  • Belt Buckle. Eurasian, 1st or 2nd century. Bronze
  • Mortar and Pestle. Italian, 19th century. Bronze

11. Writing Desk. 

English, mid-19th century. Wood

12. Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, 

about 1503–1505. Raphael (Italian, 1483–1520). Oil on panel

 

On the ceiling:

Low Relief Trim, 1900–1903. Designed by Blanche E. Colman (American, 1874–1959)

1. Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, 

about 1503–1505. Raphael (Italian, 1483–1520). Oil on panel

2. Writing desk. 

English, mid-19th century. Wood

3. Armchair. 

Italian, Venice, about 1700. Wood

4. Tommaso Inghirami, 

about 1510. Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520). Oil on panel

5. Virgin and Child with a Goldfinch, 

1510–17. Francesco Francia (Italian, 1450–1517). Oil on panel

6. Furnishing Borders. 

Probably Italian, about 1675–1750. Silk satin velvet; appliquéd embroidery

7. Table. 

Italian, mid-18th century. Gilded wood with marble top

On the table: 

  • Sheffield Candelabrum (one of a pair: the other is across the room on the large commode). English, late 18th century. Plated silver
  • Cinerarium (container for ashes). Etruscan, about 150 BC. Terracotta

8. Stool (one of three in this room). 

Italian, mid-17th century. Wood

9. Saint George Slaying the Dragon, 

1470. Carlo Crivelli (Italian, 1430–1495). Tempera and gold on panel

10. Virgin and Child with Saints George and Martin,

 about 1395. Francesc Comes (Spanish, active 1380–1417). Tempera and gold on panel

11. Pitcher. 

Italian, 3rd century BC. Terracotta

12. Armchair. 

Italian, Venice, early 18th century. Wood

13. Cassone (wedding chest): A Procession. 

Italian, Siena, about 1470. Painted and gilded wood

Draped over the chest:

  • Velvet (modern reproduction of an 18th century original textile)

Inside the chest: 

  • Guitar, 1720–1729. Jacopa Mosca-Cavelli (active Perugia, 1720s). Wood inlaid with bone
  • Chasuble (liturgical vestment). Italian, 1450–1500
  • Hanging or Cover. Turkish, 17th century. Embroidered silk

14. The Story of Lucretia, 

about 1500. Sandro Botticelli (Italian, 1444/45–1510). Oil on panel

15. Virgin with the Sleeping Child, 

1470–1475. Giovanni Bellini (Italian, about 1431/36–1516). Tempera on panel

16. Corner Bracket. 

Italian, Venice, 18th century. Gilded wood with ancient Roman marble top

17. Bowl. 

Roman, Pompeii, 1st century BC–2nd century AD. Bronze

 

On the ceiling:

Low Relief Trim, 1900–1903. Designed by Blanche E. Colman (American, 1874–1959)

1. Curtain and Valance. 

Italian, 1650–1725. Silk velvet, with applications of gilt cloth and fringe (off view)

2. Cabinet. 

American, 19th century. Wood

Top two shelves: 

  • Black-figure Vase, Greek, 6th century BC. Terracotta
  • Three Figurines in the Tanagra style (the two seated women are 19th century copies and the standing woman is Greek, 4th–3rd century BC). Terracotta

Bottom shelves: 

  • Two Fresco Fragments. Roman, 1st century. Found at Boscoreale.

3. Chair (set of fourteen in this room). 

Italian, late 18th century. Wood

4. Ancient Warriors in Armor, 

about 1490. Neroccio de’ Landi (Italian, 1447–1500). Tempera and gold on panel

5. Cassone (wedding chest). 

Northern Italian, late 15th century. Painted and gilded wood.

Draped over the chest

  • Cope (modern reproduction of a late 16th century original). Silk velvet

Inside the chest

  • Three Chasubles (modern reproductions of the 16th-18th centuries originals)

6. Bowl. 

Roman, 170–210 AD with later restoration. Marble. Supported by an Altar with reliefs of Pan dancing with maenads (female followers of Bacchus). Roman, 2nd–3rd century. Marble

7. Mirrors etched with mythological scenes (set of four in this room). 

Italian, Venice, 19th century. Glass

8. Old Testament Scenes, 

1650–1725. Northern Italian. Oil on canvas

9. Vase: Medusa and three figures of Nike. 

Italian, 3rd century BC. Terra cotta

10. Cabinet. 

Italian, 19th century. Painted wood with mother-of-pearl inlay

11. Foot. 

Italian, 16th century. Marble

12. Saint Sebastian. 

Italian, 16th or 17th century. Alabaster. The sculpture sits on a 1st century Roman base.

 

On the ceiling:

Low Relief Trim, 1900–1903. Designed by Blanche E. Colman (American, 1874–1959)

1. Virgin and Child, 

early about 1505–1510. Studio of Cima da Conegliano (Italian, about 1459–1517). Oil on panel

2. The Annunciation, 

about 1487. Piermatteo d’Amelia (Italian, 1450–1508). Tempera on panel

3. A Woman in Green and Crimson, 

1490–1499. Piero del Pollaiuolo (Italian, 1443–1496). Oil on panel

4. Cassone Front: Ancient Procession and Battle, 

about 1500. Giovanni Maria Falconetto (Italian, 1468–1535). Painted pine

5. Furnishing Fabric: Crowned double eagle emblem of Hapsburg emperors. 

Holy Roman Empire, 1675–1750. Silk satin, gold, and linen

6. Cassone Front: Leopards. 

Italian, Siena, 15th century. Gessoed wood with gilding

7. Stool (three in this room). 

Italian, Tuscany, mid 17th century. Wood

8. Settee. 

Italian, Venice, 1750–1800. Painted and gilded wood

9. The Adoration of the Statue of Nebuchadnezzar. 

Italian, Venice, 1525–1550. Oil on panel

10. Virgin and Child with a Swallow, 

1453–1457. Francesco Pesellino (Italian, 1422–1457). Tempera on panel

11. Virgin and Child in the Clouds. 

North Italian, about 1470. Tempera and oil on panel

12. Virgin and Child with Infant John the Baptist, 

about 1471–1474. Francesco Botticini (Italian, 1446–1497). Tempera on panel

13. Commode and Pair of Cabinets. 

Italian (Venice), about 1800. Wood, inlaid with ivory and mother-of-pearl

On each piece: 

  • Sheffield Candelabrum. English, late 18th century. Plated silver

On the commode: 

  • Head of a Goddess. Greco-Roman, 1st–2nd century AD. Marble

14. Armchair. 

Italian, Venice, first half of the 18th century. Wood

 

On the ceiling:

Low Relief Trim, 1900–1903. Designed by Blanche E. Colman (American, 1874–1959)

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