The frescoes in the Vatican Palace commissioned by Popes Julius II and Leo X
After a work attributed to Giovanni Francesco Penni (1496-c. 1536)
Lot's family flees Sodom c.1853-76
Albumen print | 23.0 x 28.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853428
A photograph of a drawing now in the David Owsley Museum of Art, Indiana, attributed to Giovanni Francesco Penni. This drawing, which is squared, is considered to be the modello for the fresco Lot's family flees Sodom painted by the workshop of Raphael (c. 1517-19) in the vault of the fourth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. The drawing was previously in the collections of Queen Christina of Sweden and Thomas Lawrence, amongst others.
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Creator(s)
After a work attributed to Giovanni Francesco Penni (1496-c. 1536) (artist)
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23.0 x 28.8 cm (sheet of paper)
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Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- 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.216 B.XVI.4
Bibliographic reference(s)
Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 p.218, no.91
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