The frescoes in the Vatican Palace commissioned by Popes Julius II and Leo X
After? Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
Saints Peter and Paul appearing to Attila and his Huns, with Leo I the Great approaching in the far distance after 1853
Albumen print | 17.9 x 29.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852724
A photograph of a drawing now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3873), the authorship and purpose of which are still disputed. The drawing is closely related to Raphael’s fresco of The Meeting between Leo the Great and Attila, from which it only differs in the left-hand group and other minor details. Not in Ruland (1876).
It has been suggested that the drawing may record an earlier idea by Raphael for the fresco, later superseded. Whether this is the original design by Raphael or a copy after it (perhaps by Giulio Romano or Penni, as sometimes suggested) is an ongoing matter of debate. However, the rectangular format of the drawing and the use of parchment have raised questions as to it being a working modello for a lunette-shaped fresco. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
It has been suggested that the drawing may record an earlier idea by Raphael for the fresco, later superseded. Whether this is the original design by Raphael or a copy after it (perhaps by Giulio Romano or Penni, as sometimes suggested) is an ongoing matter of debate. However, the rectangular format of the drawing and the use of parchment have raised questions as to it being a working modello for a lunette-shaped fresco. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
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Creator(s)
After? Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
After? The Workshop of Raphael (artist)
Subject(s)
Pope Leo I (c. 400-61)Attila (c. 406-453)Saint PeterSaint Paul -
17.9 x 29.3 cm (sheet of paper)
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Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Biological sciences
- Anthropology, Nationality & People
- Huns
- Anthropology, Nationality & People
- Biological sciences
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.202 D.7a(add)
Bibliographic reference(s)
Catalogue of the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. v. P. Pouncey and J.A.Gere, Raphael and His Circle (1962); p.58, under no.71
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.218, no.341
Cordellier/Py 1992 : Raphael : son atelier, ses copistes, 1992 / par Dominique Cordellier et Bernadette Py, Paris (Inventaire general des dessins Italiens ; V / sous la direction de Francoise Viatte) pp.237-41, no.329
Jacoby/Sonnabend 2012: edited by J. Jacoby and M. Sonnabend, Frankfurt/Main 2012 pp.187-9, no.31
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