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Vatican Frescoes

    AFTER A WORK ATTRIBUTED TO GIOVANNI FRANCESCO PENNI (1496-C. 1536)

    Jacob meets Rachel

    c.1853-76

    Albumen print | 20.9 x 24.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853470

    A photograph of a drawing, now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv.no.173), for the fresco Jacob meets Rachel painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the sixth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. The drawing is attributed to Giovanni Francesco Penni.

    • Creator(s)

      After a work attributed to Giovanni Francesco Penni (1496-c. 1536) (artist)

      Subject(s)

      Jacob(OT)

    • 20.9 x 24.4 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)

      Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pl.158, p.220

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.218 B.XXII.4

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