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Tapestries

Tapestries

AFTER A WORK COPYING RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

The entry of Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici into Florence after the death of his father, Lorenzo de' Medici

c.1853-76

Albumen 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 (1483-1520) (designer)

    Subject(s)

    Pope Leo X (1475-1521)
  • 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 [Tuscany]
          • Lazio [Italy]
            • Rome [Lazio]
              • Vatican City [Rome]
                • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                  • Sistine Chapel [Vatican Palace]
                    • Vatican-Sistine Chapel tapestries
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
  • Other number(s)

    Ruland p.247 B.III.12