Tapestries
AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)
Set of photographs of details from 'The Sacrifice at Lystra'
c.1853-76Albumen prints | RCIN 853175
A set of two photographs showing details from the cartoon of Sacrifice at Lystra (Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 14, 8-18), executed by Raphael and his workshop 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. The photographed cartoon is one of the seven that have survived, all of which are now in the Victoria and Albert Museum on loan from the Royal Collection. 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 (1483-1520) (designer)
Subject(s)
Saint PaulBarnabas (1st century AD)- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religions of antiquity
- Sacrifices
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
- 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
- Religion & Theology
Other number(s)
Ruland p.251 B.VIII.6-7
