Vatican Frescoes
AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)
Study for an allegorical figure of Theology
c. 1853-76Albumen print | 20.5 x 14.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852617
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1510) now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.195r). The drawins is a study for the allegorical figure of Theology, depicted in a roundel on the vault of the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. Apparently the connexion of this drawing with the figure of Theology was first recorded by Ruland. A photograph of the roundel can be found at RCIN 852612.
Creator(s)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
20.5 x 14.6 cm (sheet of paper)
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Italy
- Lazio [Italy]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican-Stanza della Segnatura-Ceiling
- Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Lazio [Italy]
- Italy
- Europe
- Religion & Theology
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.194, no.246r
Other number(s)
Ruland p.195 F.I.5
