Vatican Frescoes
God separating Light from Darkness
c.1853-76Albumen print | RCIN 853340
A photograph of a drawing catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the collection of the Marchese Ranghiasci-Brancaleoni at Gubbio. Stamped with collector's mark at lower right (not in Lugt).
The drawing, formerly thought to be an original by Giulio Romano or G.F. Penni, is now generally considered to be a copy. It corresponds with 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 drawing of this composition now in the British Museum, London (inv. no.1900,0824.109) is currently thought to be the original by Penni for the fresco. Pouncey/Gere (1962) suggested that the Ranghiasci-Brancaleoni drawing may be a copy after the British Museum sheet, rather than after the fresco. A photograph of the British Museum drawing can be found at RCIN 853341.
Another similar drawing, listed by Ruland as in the collection of the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, can be found at RCIN 853342.
The drawing, formerly thought to be an original by Giulio Romano or G.F. Penni, is now generally considered to be a copy. It corresponds with 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 drawing of this composition now in the British Museum, London (inv. no.1900,0824.109) is currently thought to be the original by Penni for the fresco. Pouncey/Gere (1962) suggested that the Ranghiasci-Brancaleoni drawing may be a copy after the British Museum sheet, rather than after the fresco. A photograph of the British Museum drawing can be found at RCIN 853341.
Another similar drawing, listed by Ruland as in the collection of the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, can be found at RCIN 853342.
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
