Tapestries
Tapestries
AFTER A WORK COPYING RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
The entry of Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici into Florence after the death of his father, Lorenzo de' Medici
c.1853-76Albumen print? | 20.2 x 30.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853088
A photograph of a drawing now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.228). The composition occurs in the frieze-like scene below 'The Stoning of St Stephen', one of the ten tapestries commissioned by Pope Leo X for the Sistine Chapel, designed by Raphael and his studio in c.1514-15. The scenes in the tapestry borders illustrate episodes from the life of Pope Leo X. A number of drawings of this subject survive.
Creator(s)
After a work copying Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)
20.2 x 30.7 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Italy
- Tuscany [Italy]
- Florence [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]
- Tuscany [Italy]
- Italy
- Europe
- Places
