The frescoes in the Vatican Palace commissioned by Popes Julius II and Leo X
Stefano Mulinari (1741-90)
Moses closing the waters of the Red Sea on Pharaoh's army c.1761-80
Etching and lavis | 25.3 x 43.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852794
A facsimile of a drawing now in the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence. Lettered with artists' names. Numbered at top right: XXII.
This composition is generally thought to have been frescoed in monochrome on a window-embrasure in the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican. A similar drawing is in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle (RCIN 905432). The composition corresponds in reverse with an engraving by Pietro Santi Bartoli; see RCIN 852792.
This composition is generally thought to have been frescoed in monochrome on a window-embrasure in the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican. A similar drawing is in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle (RCIN 905432). The composition corresponds in reverse with an engraving by Pietro Santi Bartoli; see RCIN 852792.
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Creator(s)
Stefano Mulinari (1741-90) (printmaker)
After a work previously attributed to Polidoro da Caravaggio (c.1499-c.1543) (artist)
Subject(s)
Moses(OT) -
25.3 x 43.9 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
- Europe
- Italy
- Lazio [Italy]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Stanza d'Eliodoro [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Lazio [Italy]
- Italy
- Europe
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.206 H.8
Bibliographic reference(s)
P&W : Popham, A.E. & Wilde, J., 1949. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London p.318, under no.814
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