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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

AFTER A WORK BY THE WORKSHOP OF RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

God creating the Sun and Moon

c.1853-76

Albumen print | 23.4 x 52.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853353

A photograph reproducing the fresco of God creating Sun and Moon painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the first bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican.

Another photograph of the same fresco can be found at RCIN 853354.
  • Creator(s)

    After a work by the workshop of Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

  • 23.4 x 52.2 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
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
  • 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.101, p.141

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.213 B.III.2