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After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
The sacrifice of Isaac c. 1857
Albumen print? | RCIN 2864386
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
The sacrifice of Isaac c. 1857
A photograph of a drawing in the Royal Library, Windsor (RCIN 990491) considered a copy after 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 853662) can be found in the prince Consort's Raphael Collection, portfolio 38 (970598)
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Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68) (artist)
Subject(s)
Isaac (OT)Abraham(OT)Isaac (OT)Abraham(OT) -
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Bible & Holy Scripture
- Old Testament
- Bible & Holy Scripture
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- visual works
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Bibliographic reference(s)
P&W : Popham, A.E. & Wilde, J., 1949. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London no.991
Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pp.173-194
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