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Vatican Frescoes

    AFTER A WORK ATTRIBUTED TO GIULIO ROMANO (ROME C. 1499-MANTUA 1546)

    David kills Goliath

    c.1750-1850

    Wood engraving | 27.9 x 31.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853596

    A wood engraving catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being after a cartoon by Giulio Romano for the fresco 'David kills Goliath' painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the eleventh bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. On laid paper. Proof state.

    • Creator(s)

      After a work attributed to Giulio Romano (Rome c. 1499-Mantua 1546) (artist)

    • 27.9 x 31.7 cm (sheet of paper)

      17.6 x 22.8 cm (platemark)

    • ?Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

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