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Tapestries

Tapestries

      AFTER A WORK COPYING RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

      St Peter and St Barnabas at Lystra

      c.1853-76

      Albumen print | 13.4 x 19.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853177

      A photograph of a drawing now in the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.1218E). The drawing is a copy from the Sistine Chapel tapestry of 'The Sacrifice at Lystra', now in the Vatican Musuems (inv. no.43874), designed by Raphael and his studio under commission of Pope Leo X. A photograph of the original tapestry can be found at RCIN 853170.

      • Creator(s)

        After a work copying Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)

      • 13.4 x 19.5 cm (sheet of paper)

      • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

      • Subject(s)
        • Religion & Theology
          • Religions and faiths
            • Religions of antiquity
              • Sacrifices
        • Places
          • Europe
            • Italy
              • Lazio [Italy]
                • Rome [Lazio]
                  • Vatican City [Rome]
                    • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                      • Sistine Chapel [Vatican Palace]
                        • Vatican-Sistine Chapel tapestries
      • Bibliographic reference(s)

        pp.505-06, no.1218E (Inventario Uffizi. Disegni Esposti II 1987 : Disegni esposti, vol. 2, 1987 / a cura di Annamaria Petrioli Tofani, Florence (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi) )

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