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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

    AFTER A WORK COPYING RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

    Angels appear to Abraham

    c.1853-76

    Albumen print | 18.7 x 24.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853423

    A photograph of a drawing now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv.no.172). It is catalogued as being an anonymous copy after a preparatory drawing attributed to Raphael (also in the Albertina; inv.no.171) for the fresco 'Angels appear to Abraham' painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the fourth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican.

    Dacos (2008; see Bibliographic References) attributes this drawing (and the execution of the fresco itself) to Giovanni Francesco Penni.

    • Creator(s)

      After a work copying Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

    • 18.7 x 24.6 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

    • Subject(s)
      • Religion & Theology
        • Religions and faiths
          • Christianity
            • Bible & Holy Scripture
              • Old Testament
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      p.218, pl.156 (Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008)

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