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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

    AFTER A WORK BY THE WORKSHOP OF RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

    Joshua crosses the Jordan

    c.1853-76

    Albumen print | 26.6 x 38.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853565

    A photograph reproducing the fresco 'Joshua crosses the Jordan' painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the tenth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Trimmed to image, with arched top.

    • Creator(s)

      After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

    • 26.6 x 38.7 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Physiography
          • Rivers
            • Rivers of Asia
              • River Jordan
      • Religion & Theology
        • Religions and faiths
          • Christianity
            • Bible & Holy Scripture
              • Old Testament
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      fig.83 (Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985)

      pl.135, p.178 (Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008)

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