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New Testament subjects

New Testament subjects

AFTER POLIDORO DA CARAVAGGIO (C. 1499-1543)

Christ entering Jerusalem

c.1860-76

Carbon print | 18.6 x 26.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850532

A photograph of a drawing by Polidoro da Caravaggio now in the Uffizi, Florence (inv. no. 558E).

This drawing, depicting Christ entering Jerusalem, was traditionally attributed to the school of Raphael.
  • Creator(s)

    After Polidoro da Caravaggio (c. 1499-1543) (artist)

    After a work previously attributed to the studio of Raphael (1483-1520) (draughtsman)

  • 18.6 x 26.6 cm (sheet of paper)

  • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)

  • Subject(s)
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Life of Christ
            • Public Life of Christ
              • Christ Entering Jerusalem
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Biological sciences
        • Zoology
          • Animals
            • Mammals
              • Wild horses
                • Donkeys
      • Botany
        • Systematic botany
          • Trees
            • Palm trees
              • Palm leaf
    • Places
      • Asia
        • Israel
          • Jerusalem [Israel]
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    Inventario Uffizi. Disegni Esposti I 1986 : Disegni esposti ; v. 1, 1986 / a cura di Annamaria Petrioli Tofani, Florence (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi) no. 558E

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.44 D.XXIX.1