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Jacob wrestles with the angel c.1853-76
Albumen print | 14.9 x 41.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853665
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A photograph of a drawing in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.291), considered a copy after the almost entirely destroyed fresco Jacob wrestles with the angel painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the basamento of the sixth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican.
According to Dacos (see Bibliographic References), the basamento paintings of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican were executed in grisaille and imitated bronze reliefs.Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
14.9 x 41.0 cm (sheet of paper)
Markings
annotation: No. 58; 2; T719 G185 [verso top left corner; centre; top right corner, in ink]
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 p.192, fig.54