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Michel-Ange, Palais du Vatican [Chapelle Sixtine], Rome

Photograph
1868-70 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A mounted sepia-coloured photograph of a fresco by Michelangelo showing a portion of the Sistine Chapel


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Michel-Ange, Palais du Vatican [Chapelle Sixtine], Rome (published title)
  • Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel (series title)
Materials and techniques
carbon print
Brief description
Photograph by Adolphe Braun, 'Michel-Ange, Palais du Vatican [Chapelle Sixtine], Rome', carbon print , 1868-70
Physical description
A mounted sepia-coloured photograph of a fresco by Michelangelo showing a portion of the Sistine Chapel
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 62.5cm
  • Mount width: 48.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
Autotype Company blind stamp, artist ink stamp, titled (blind stamp, ink stamp, ink, recto, mount)
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund
Subjects depicted
Other numbers
  • 23620 - Royal Photographic Society Number
  • B32 - RPS identifier - box number
Collection
Accession number
RPS.1405-2023

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Record createdJune 7, 2023
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