The frescoes in the Vatican Palace commissioned by Popes Julius II and Leo X
Conrad Martin Metz (1749-1827)
The Expulsion from Paradise published 1 Jan 1790
Etching with aquatint | 23.8 x 25.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853382
A reversed facsimile etching of a drawing generally attributed to Gianfrancesco Penni (c.1516-18). Lettered with attribution of the design to Raphael and publication details. Published in C.M. Metz's Imitations of ancient and modern drawings, London 1798.
The drawing is a preparatory study for the fresco of the Expulsion from Paradise painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the second bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. For more information about this drawing, see RCINs 853380 and 853381.
The drawing is a preparatory study for the fresco of the Expulsion from Paradise painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the second bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. For more information about this drawing, see RCINs 853380 and 853381.
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Creator(s)
Conrad Martin Metz (1749-1827) (engraver)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Attributed to Giovanni Francesco Penni (1496-c. 1536) (designer)
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23.8 x 25.9 cm (sheet of paper)
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Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Bible & Holy Scripture
- Old Testament
- Bible & Holy Scripture
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.214 B.VII.8
Bibliographic reference(s)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.427, G 2.4
Weigel 1865 : Weigel, R., 1865. Die Werke der maler in ihren Hand zeichnungen, 2 vols, Leipzig. vol.II, p.532, no.6344
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