This website presents our knowledge and research on this important aspect of the Royal Collection. As of April 2026 it will not be regularly updated and new research on this topic will sit within the main website.

Visit the Royal Collection

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 (1483-1520) (artist)

    • watermark: Circle with two parallel vertical lines running through? [left]

    • 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
      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.72, I.4 (entry by Stefania Massari)

      Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985 fig.33

      Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pl.109, p.149

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.215 B.XI.4

    PreviousNext
    PreviousNext
    Policy links
    Royal Collection TrustIn Partnership with

    Royal Collection Trust is a charity caring for the Royal Collection and welcoming visitors to the royal palaces. We bring our shared history to life through world-class experiences that involve and inspire people, wherever they are. Income from tickets and retail sales helps us to conserve the Collection so that it can be enjoyed by everyone for generations to come.