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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

    AFTER A WORK BY THE WORKSHOP OF RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

    The Last Supper

    c.1853-76

    Albumen print | 21.4 x 44.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853642

    A photograph reproducing the fresco 'The Last Supper' painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the thirteenth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Trimmed to image.

    • Creator(s)

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

    • 52

    • 21.4 x 44.6 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
              • Public Life of Christ
                • Last Supper
            • Bible & Holy Scripture
              • New Testament
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      fig.113 (Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985)

      pl.150, p.191 (Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008)

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