Figures from 'Jacob wrestles with the angel' c.1853-76
Albumen print | 20.4 x 35.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853669
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A photograph of a drawing in the Ambrosian Library, Milan (inv. no.F262 inf. n. 25) copying two figures from 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
20.4 x 35.6 cm (sheet of paper)
Markings
annotation: To be inserted R-C p.209, LVIII, 8. Fr Ambrosiana at Milan [verso, bottom left, in ink]
annotation: LVIII 6 [verso, centre, in ink; different hand to the above]
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pp.173-194