The frescoes in the Vatican Palace commissioned by Popes Julius II and Leo X
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
The Liberation of St Peter c.1860-76
Carbon 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.
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Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Saint Peter -
28.3 x 43.5 cm (sheet of paper)
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Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
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
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.203 E.6
Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.218, no.338
Inventario Uffizi. Disegni Esposti I 1986 : Disegni esposti ; v. 1, 1986 / a cura di Annamaria Petrioli Tofani, Florence (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi) p.240, no.536E
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