Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Stanza d’Eliodoro: Deliverance of St Peter from Prison
Alternate Title:
Deliverance of St Peter from Prison
Image View:
Detail, the angel comes to liberate the sleeping St. Peter
Creator:
Raphael (Italian painter, 1483-1520)
Location:
repository: Musei Vaticani (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy)
Location Note:
Vatican Apartments, Stanza d’Eliodoro
GPS:
41.906389 12.454444
Date:
ca. 1512-1514 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance; Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
painting
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Measurements:
660 cm (width, at base)
Description:
The Stanza d’Eliodoro (Heliodorus) was originally used for the private audiences of the Pope and was decorated by Raphael immediately after the Segnatura. The room's program is political and aims at documenting, in different historical moments from the Old Testament to medieval history, the miraculous protection bestowed by God on the Church. Faith had been threatened (Mass of Bolsena), in the person of its pontiff (Liberation of St. Peter), in its site (Encounter of Leo the Great with Attila) and in its patrimony (Expulsion of Heliodorus from the temple). These were also chosen to express the political program of Julius II (pontiff from 1503 to 1513), aimed at freeing Italy from the French. (Source: Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) [website]; http://mv.vatican.va /)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-RS-VM-DSP-A02
Rights:
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Stanza d’Eliodoro: Deliverance of St Peter from Prison