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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.1853-76

    Albumen print | 18.3 x 21.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853090

    A photograph of a drawing catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the collection of Baron Marochetti. 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)

    • 18.3 x 21.2 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
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      p.113, under no.28, ft.4 (Clayton 1999 : Clayton, M. Raphael and his Circle. Drawings from Windsor Castle, London)

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