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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

    AFTER A WORK PREVIOUSLY ATTRIBUTED TO RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

    Joseph before the Pharaoh

    c.1853-76

    Albumen print | 11.7 x 27.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852788

    A photograph of a drawing formerly attributed to Raphael, catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the Royal Collection at Stockholm. This composition is generally thought to have been frescoed in monochrome on a window-embrasure in the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican.

    • Creator(s)

      After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

      Subject(s)

      Joseph(OT)

    • 11.7 x 27.2 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
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Italy
            • Lazio [Italy]
              • Rome [Lazio]
                • Vatican City [Rome]
                  • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                    • Stanza d'Eliodoro [Vatican Palace]
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
    • Other number(s)

      Ruland p.206 H.2

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