Vatican Frescoes
ANONYMOUS
God creating the Animals
c.1520-1876Woodcut | 49.3 x 67.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853364
An anonymous woodcut on four sheets 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 woodcut differs from the original fresco in a number of ways.
Creator(s)
Anonymous (engraver)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
49.3 x 67.2 cm (sheet of paper)
- Added to 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
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
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
Other number(s)
Ruland p.213 B.IV.6
