The frescoes in the Vatican Palace commissioned by Popes Julius II and Leo X
Anonymous, 16th century
God creating the Animals c.1520-60
Engraving | 28.5 x 42.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853362
An anonymous engraving after the fresco of God creating the Animals painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the first bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. The engraving is catalogued by Ruland (1876) as by a pupil of Marcantonio Raimondi.
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Creator(s)
Anonymous, 16th century (engraver)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Attributed to the school of Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534) (engraver)
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28.5 x 42.2 cm (sheet of paper)
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Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Bible & Holy Scripture
- Old Testament
- Bible & Holy Scripture
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.213 B.IV.4
Bibliographic reference(s)
Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.72, I.1 (entry by Stefania Massari)
Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985 fig.10
Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pl.102, p.141
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