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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

FRANCESCO FARAONE AQUILA (ACTIVE 1690-1740)

The ceiling of the Stanza di Eliodoro

published 1722

Engraving | 48.7 x 56.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852739

A print reproducing the ceiling decoration of the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican. Lettered with production details and text in Latin below image. Numbered at lower right: 10. From Picturae Raphaelis Sanctij Urbinatis ex Aula et Conclavibus Palatij Vaticani..., a series of 18 plates (plus title-page) after Raphael's frescoes in the Vatican published in 1722. The publishing date is to be found on the title-page of the series.
  • Creator(s)

    Francesco Faraone Aquila (active 1690-1740) (printmaker)

    After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    Francesco Faraone Aquila (active 1690-1740) (designer)

    Domenico de' Rossi: Rome (publisher)

    Subject(s)

    Moses(OT)
    Abraham(OT)
    Jacob(OT)
  • 48.7 x 56.9 cm (sheet of paper)

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Subject(s)
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Bible & Holy Scripture
            • Old Testament
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.122, no.I.10 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini)

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.203 F.1