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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

GIOVANNI VOLPATO (1733-1803)

The Liberation of St Peter, with text in Latin

c.1775-85

RCIN 852733

A print reproducing the fresco of The Liberation of St Peter, painted by Raphael in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican, with the collaboration of his workshop artists; mounted with related text in Latin.
  • Creator(s)

    Giovanni Volpato (1733-1803) (engraver)

    After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    Bernardino Nocchi (1741-1812) (designer)

    Giovanni Volpato (1733-1803) (publisher)

    Subject(s)

    Saint Peter
  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Subject(s)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Secular architecture
          • Prisons
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Angels, demons, devils, saints
            • Angels
    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.50, no.IV.1 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini)

    Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.401, no.F 10.1

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.203 E.2.a-b