Vatican Frescoes
AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
The Liberation of St Peter
c.1860-76Carbon print | 28.3 x 43.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852737
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael now in the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.536E). The drawing is a first idea for the fresco of 'The Liberation of St Peter', painted by Raphael in the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican with the collaboration of his workshop artists.
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
28.3 x 43.5 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Prisons
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Angels
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.218, no.338 (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
p.240, no.536E (Inventario Uffizi. Disegni Esposti I 1986 : Disegni esposti ; v. 1, 1986 / a cura di Annamaria Petrioli Tofani, Florence (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi))
