Vatican Frescoes
Vatican Frescoes
AFTER A WORK ATTRIBUTED TO GIOVANNI FRANCESCO PENNI (1496-C. 1536)
The adoration of the kings
c.1853-76Albumen print | 20.7 x 31.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853631
A photograph of a drawing in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.287) which is attributed to Giovanni Francesco Penni and considered preparatory for the fresco 'The adoration of the kings' painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the thirteenth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican.
This drawing was previously in the collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence.
This drawing was previously in the collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence.
Creator(s)
After a work attributed to Giovanni Francesco Penni (1496-c. 1536) (artist)
[illegible] / Bottom
20.7 x 31.2 cm (sheet of paper)
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Adoration of the Magi
- Christ Child
- Infancy of Christ
- Bible & Holy Scripture
- New Testament
- Life of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.225, fig.102 (Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008)
