Vatican Frescoes
AFTER A WORK BY THE WORKSHOP OF RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
God appears to Isaac
c.1853-76Albumen print | 18.9 x 25.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853438
A photograph of a drawing now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv.no.174), described as being a copy after a design by Giovanfrancesco Penni for the fresco 'God appears to Isaac' painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the fifth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. The design of which the drawing in this photograph is a copy is now in the Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart (inv.no.C 96/4478), where it is considered to be an autograph work by Raphael.
Creator(s)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
18.9 x 25.7 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
- Bible & Holy Scripture
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
No.II.1, pl.13 (Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001)
p.219, pl.157 (Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008)
