Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Ceiling of Stanza di Eliodoro
Alternate Title:
Ceiling of the Room of Heliodorus
Image View:
Detail, Sacrifice of Isaac; an angel delivers a ram, Isaac's clothes on the ground
Creator:
Raphael (Italian painter, 1483-1520)
Location:
repository: Vatican Palace (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy)
Location Note:
Apostolic Palace; Stanza di Eliodoro
GPS:
41.903611 12.456389
Date:
ca. 1512-1514 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance; Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster (fresco)
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Subjects:
Old Testament and Apocrypha; Abraham (Biblical patriarch); Jacob (Biblical patriarch); Julius II, Pope, 1443-1513; Moses (Biblical leader); Noah
Description:
Work on the Stanza della Segnatura was probably completed in 1512: in that year Raphael began work on another room, the Stanza d’Eliodoro. When the last frescoes in the Stanza d’Eliodoro, the Old Testament scenes on the ceiling, were complete in 1514, Raphael was one of the most celebrated artists in Europe. The room's subjects were developed specifically for this room and for Julius II personally. The general theme is that of God's intervention in human destiny; the ceiling has episodes of divine intervention in the history of Israel. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Image Description:
Genesis 22; in the biblical narrative, God asks Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac, on Moriah. Abraham begins to comply, when a messenger from God interrupts him.
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-RS-VM-RHC-A16
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Ceiling of Stanza di Eliodoro