Vatican Frescoes
Vatican Frescoes
God Appearing to Noah [from the Stanza di Eliodoro]
published 1875Engraving | RCIN 852743
A print reproducing one of the four paintings on the ceiling of the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican. Lettered with engraver's name. From 'Raphael Santi's Decken-Gemälde der Stanza dell'Eliodoro im Vatican', a series of plates by T. Langer and L. Gruner (after designs by Niccolo Consoni) reproducing the four main ceiling paintings of the Stanza di Eliodoro. The series was published in 1875.
The scene reproduced in this print is painted above the wall-painting of 'The Meeting of Leo I and Attila', and shows 'God Appearing to Noah', an episode taken from the Old Testament.
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)