# The Raphael Loggias in the New Hermitage [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [QUARENGHI, Giacomo]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Egg tempera on canvas ## Commentary QUARENGHI, Giacomo \(b. 1744, Rota d'Imagna nr. Bergamo, d. 1817, St. Petersburg\) The Raphael Loggias in the New Hermitage 1780s Egg tempera on canvas The Hermitage, St. Petersburg Empress Catherine II was enchanted with the <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/r/raphael/5roma/4/0loggia1.html'\)" href="/html/r/raphael/5roma/4/0loggia1.html">Vatican frescoes,</a> created in 1517-19 by Raphael and his pupils for Pope Leo X, which she had seen reproduced in colour prints. She wanted to commission something similar for Russia. At the empress's request a group was organized to copy the original frescoes. The group was led by the Austrian painter Christoph Unterberger, a pupil and associate of Anton Raphael Mengs. Rather than using the technique of fresco, it was decided to reproduce the original compositions in egg tempera on canvases, which would then be mounted to the walls and ceilings of the gallery created by the architect Giacomo Quarenghi. ## Related artworks - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Interior Hall of the Hermitage Theatre]() - [St. George Hall \(Large Throne Room\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()