Vatican Frescoes
Vatican Frescoes
ANONYMOUS, 16TH CENTURY
God creating the Sun and Moon
c.1520-1580Engraving | 16.2 x 23.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853356
A reversed anonymous engraving after 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. Catalogued by Ruland (1876) as probably by a pupil of Marcantonio Raimondi. Stamped with an unidentified collector's mark (possibly Lugt 2168). On watermarked paper.
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)
A shield surmounted by a four-leaf clover, containing a bird[?]
16.2 x 23.9 cm (sheet of paper)
16.0 x 23.8 cm (platemark)
- 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
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
fig. 10 (Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985)
pl.101, p.141 (Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008)
