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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

      AFTER A WORK COPYING THE WORKSHOP OF RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

      God's Covenant with Noah

      c.1853-76

      Albumen print | 14.2 x 27.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853657

      A photograph of a drawing in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.168) considered a copy after the almost entirely destroyed fresco God's Covenant with Noah painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the basamento of the third bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. See RCIN 853656 for a photograph of a preparatory drawing for this fresco.

      According to Dacos (see Bibliographic References), the basamento paintings of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican were executed in grisaille and imitated bronze reliefs.

      • Creator(s)

        After a work copying the workshop of Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

      • annotation: 3 [backwards:]3 [verso, centre, in ink]

      • 14.2 x 27.2 cm (sheet of paper)

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

      • Subject(s)
        • Religion & Theology
          • Religions and faiths
            • Christianity
              • Bible & Holy Scripture
                • Old Testament
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
      • Bibliographic reference(s)

        Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pp.173-194

        Other number(s)

        Ruland p.227 B.LV.3

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