Details of the Transfiguration by Raphael. Engravings by G. Folo, ca. 1806, after V. Camuccini after Raphael.

Bible N.T. Matthew 17, verses 14-21: "And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting."

Bible N.T. Mark 9, verses 16-27: "And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child. And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us. Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting."

Si vende in Roma [Rome] (nello studio di Folo posto in Piazza di Spagna num.o 13) : [Giuseppe Folo], [1806?]

1 volume (31 prints) : engravings, with etching ; sheets 55.5 x 41 cm

Studio del disegno ricavato dall' estremità delle figure del celebre quadro della transfigurazione di Raffaelle, delineato dal S.R Cavalier Vincenzo Camuccini inciso da Giovanni Folo, e dedicato a sua eccellenza il Sig.r Giuseppe Emanuelle Pinto Di Sousa, commendator del Reale Ordine di Cristo, del consiglio di Sua Maestà fedelissima ; e suo inviato extraordinario e ministro plenipotenziario ; presso la S. Sede Apostolica &c.&c.&c.

[No.] I : Head of a disciple in profile to right ; platemark 44.7 x 32.2 cm

[No.] II : The hand and book of Saint Matthew ; platemark 45.2 x 32.7 cm

[No.] III : The foot of Saint Matthew and the feet of two other disciples ; platemark 44.6 x 32 cm

[No.] IV : The hand of Saint Matthew and the foot of the man supporting the possessed boy ; platemark 45.7 x 32 cm

[No.] V : Head of a disciple turned towards his right shoulder ; platemark 45 x 32.2 cm

[No.] VI : Head of a disciple looking down to left ; platemark 45.3 x 31.8 cm

[No.] VII : Head of a disciple in profile to right ; platemark 45.3 x 32.1 cm

[No.] VIII : Head of a young disciple looking down to right ; platemark 45 x 32 cm

[No.] IX : Head of a disciple looking to right, with the outline of another face in profile ; platemark 45.3 x 32.3 cm

[No.] X : Head of a disciple looking over his shoulder to left ; platemark 45 x 31.5 cm

[No.] XI : Head of a disciple bending forward to look downwards and to right ; platemark 45.2 x 32.2 cm

[No.] XII : The pointing hands of the woman in the centre of the lower scene ; platemark 31.6 x 45.6 cm

[No.] XIII : Head in profile of the woman in the centre of the lower scene ; platemark 45 x 32.3 cm

[No.] XIV : The outstretched arms of the possessed boy, with between them the head in profile of the man who supports the boy ; platemark 45.3 x 32.1 cm

[No.] XV : A hand, the foot of the woman in the centre of the lower scene, and the outline of a head ; platemark 32.1 x 45.3 cm

[No.] XVI : Head of a girl identified as the youngest sister of the possessed boy ; platemark 45.3 x 32.4 cm

[No.] XVII : The possessed boy and the finger-tips of the man who supports him ; platemark 45.1 x 32.2 cm

[No.] XVIII : The back of the calf and foot of the possessed boy ; platemark 45.6 x 31.7 cm

[No.] XIX : Head of a man in profile to left, expressing astonishment ; platemark 44.3 x 32.2 cm

[No.] XX : Head of a man in profile to left ; platemark 44.5 x 31.6 cm

[No.] XXI : Head of a man in profile to left, open-mouthed ; platemark 45.2 x 32.3 cm

[No.] XXII : Head of a prophet (Moses?), the pointing hands of a woman, a foot, and the head of a hooded figure ; platemark 32 x 45.6 cm

[No.] XXIII : Head of a saint, possibly Saint John, shielding his face ; platemark 32 x 45 cm

[No.] XXIV : (Left) a pointing hand, (right) a man in profile, possibly Saint Peter, shielding his face ; platemark 31.5 x 45.5 cm

[No.] XXV : The feet of a saint, possibly Saint Peter ; platemark 31.6 x 45.8 cm

[No.] XXVI : The feet of Christ, and the hands of disciples ; platemark 45 x 31.5 cm

[No.] XXVII : A crouching figure, possibly Saint James, and a foot, possibly of the prophet Elijah ; platemark 32 x 45.8 cm

[No.] XXVIII : (Left) the hands of a disciple, (right) the hands of Christ ; platemark 32 x 45.5 cm

[No.] XXIX : Head of Christ ; platemark 45.1 x 32 cm

[No.] XXX : Head of a prophet in profile, possibly Elijah; his foot; and the hand (of the father of the possessed boy?) ; platemark 45.3 x 32.3 cm

[No.] XXXI : The hands of a prophet, possibly Moses, holding a book; (right) his foot) ; platemark 45.3 x 32.3 cm

Giuseppe Antonio Guattani, Memorie enciclopediche romane sulle belle arti, antichità, etc., vol. 1, Rome 1806, pp. 134-135

Bartolommeo Gamba, Catalogo degli artisti bassanesi viventi, Bassano 1807

Leopoldo Cicognara, Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara, Pisa 1821, vol. 1, p. 62, no. 359 (as published in 1808; "Le 31 tavole intagliate in rame colla massima accuratezza vennero eseguite con disegni calcati sull' originale in tempo che stette il quadro fuori di luogo presso il Sig, Camuccini allorquando emigrò con le altre preziosità temporariamente dall' Italia")

J.C. Brunet, Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres, vol. 4, Brussels 1839, p. 19 (as produced in 1808, citing Cicognara, loc. cit.)

Not in: G.B. Pezzini, S. Massari, S.P. Valenti Rodinò, Raphael invenit, Roma: Edizioni Quasar, 1985

Wellcome Collection 726665i