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After a work attributed to Giovanni Francesco Penni (1496-c. 1536)

The sacrifice of Isaac c. 1857

Albumen print? | RCIN 2864385

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Photograph of a drawing in the Royal Library, Windsor (RCIN 912730) thought to be after a drawing by Giovanni Francesco Penni for the now almost entirely destroyed fresco 'The sacrifice of Isaac' painted by the workshop of Raphael (c. 1517-19) in the basamento of the fourth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican.

A copy of this photograph (RCIN 853661) can be found in the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection, portfolio 38 (970598)

  • Creator(s)

    After a work attributed to Giovanni Francesco Penni (1496-c. 1536) (artist)

    Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68) (artist)

    Subject(s)
    Isaac (OT)
    Abraham(OT)
    Isaac (OT)
    Abraham(OT)
  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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