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David kills Goliath
1858Albumen print? | 22.3 x 29.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2864300
A photograph of a preparatory drawing by Raphael in the Albertina, Vienna (inv.no.178) for the fresco 'David kills Goliath' painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the eleventh bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican.
Joannides (1983) considers this drawing the only surviving preparatory sketch by Raphael for the narrative frescoes in the loggia.
A copy of this photograph (RCIN 853594) can be found in the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection, portfolio 37 (970597)
Creator(s)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Attributed to Florence : Alinari (photographer)
Subject(s)
David (OT)22.3 x 29.7 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Bible & Holy Scripture
- Old Testament
- Bible & Holy Scripture
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.232, no.390
