The frescoes in the Vatican Palace commissioned by Popes Julius II and Leo X
Andrea Andreani (1560-1623)
Joshua renews the Covenant at Shechem dated 1608
Chiaroscuro woodcut | 14.7 x 38.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853689
A chiaroscuro woodcut by Andreani reproducing the almost entirely destroyed fresco Joshua renews the Covenant at Shechem painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the basamento of the tenth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Lettered with attribution of the composition to Polidoro da Caravaggio. Signed and dated by printmaker. Trimmed to image. Second state.
According to Dacos (see Bibliographic References), the basamento paintings of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican were executed in grisaille and imitated bronze reliefs.
According to Dacos (see Bibliographic References), the basamento paintings of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican were executed in grisaille and imitated bronze reliefs.
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Creator(s)
Andrea Andreani (1560-1623) (printmaker)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Joshua(OT) -
annotation: [illegible] [verso, top left corner, in ink]
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14.7 x 38.7 cm (sheet of paper)
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Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
Subject(s)
- Places
- Asia
- Palestinian Territories
- Nablus
- Palestinian Territories
- Asia
- 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.229 B.LXII.2
Bibliographic reference(s)
Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985 fig.87
Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pp. 173-194
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