Tapestries
Tapestries
AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
Set of photographs of details from 'The Death of Ananias'
c.1853-76Albumen prints | RCIN 853121
A set of photographs showing details from the cartoon of The Death of Ananias, executed by Raphael and his workshop in 1515-16 for one of the ten tapestries illustrating episodes from the lives of St Peter and St Paul, commissioned by Pope Leo X for the Sistine Chapel. This cartoon is one of the seven that have survived; they are all part of the Royal Collection, and since 1865 are on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The ten original tapestries were woven in the workshop of Pieter van Aelst and are currently housed in the Vatican Museums.
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)
Subject(s)
Saint Peter- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Italy
- Lazio [Italy]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Sistine Chapel [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican-Sistine Chapel tapestries
- Sistine Chapel [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Lazio [Italy]
- Italy
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
Other number(s)
Ruland p.248 B.V.6-11
