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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

GIULIO DI ANTONIO BONASONE (C. 1498-C. 1580)

The Disembarkation from the Ark

dated 1544

Engraving | 29.9 x 38.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853399

A reversed engraving after the fresco of 'The Disembarkation from the Ark' painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the third bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. First state. Signed and dated with artist's name and attribution to Raphael on a stone at lower centre. On watermarked paper (unidentified).

The print differs significantly from the fresco, especially the figures of Noah's family.
  • Creator(s)

    Giulio di Antonio Bonasone (c. 1498-c. 1580) (engraver)

    After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

  • Circle with two parallel vertical lines running through?

  • 29.9 x 38.0 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
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    p.72, I.4 (entry by Stefania Massari) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
    fig.33 (Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985)
    pl.109, p.149 (Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008)