The frescoes in the Vatican Palace commissioned by Popes Julius II and Leo X
After Giovanni Francesco Penni (1496-c. 1536)
God separating Light from Darkness c.1853-76
Albumen print | 18.1 x 19.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853341
A photograph of a drawing by G.F. Penni now in the British Museum, London (inv. no.1900,0824.109). Catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the possession of Mr W.B. Tiffin (1795-1877).
The drawing is now regarded as the original by Penni executed for the fresco of God separating Light from Darkness painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the first bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. A similar drawing was listed by Ruland (1876) as being then in the collection of the Marchese Ranghiasci-Brancaleoni at Gubbio (see RCIN 853340). For further information see Bibliographic References.
The drawing is now regarded as the original by Penni executed for the fresco of God separating Light from Darkness painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the first bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. A similar drawing was listed by Ruland (1876) as being then in the collection of the Marchese Ranghiasci-Brancaleoni at Gubbio (see RCIN 853340). For further information see Bibliographic References.
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Creator(s)
After Giovanni Francesco Penni (1496-c. 1536) (artist)
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18.1 x 19.3 cm (sheet of paper)
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Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
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.212 B.I.6
Bibliographic reference(s)
Italian Drawings [...] British Museum: Raphael and his circle: catalogue, 1962 / Philip Pouncey and J.A. Gere, London p.53, no.64
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