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Rafael The Visit of the Three Angels to Abraham. Lot's Flight from Sodom, Photoreproductions of prints after frescoes depicting the visit of angels to Abraham and Lot's flight from Sodom by Raphael for the loggias in the Vatican, photograph, reproduction, page, number: 'No 15. No 16. Bild 3. Bild 4. IV. Loge.', photographer: Gustav Schauer, Berlin, after print by anonymous, after painting by Raphael, c. 1851 - in or before 1861, Rafaël, after print by, paper, albumen print, albumendruk, height 325 mm x width 250 mm, Abraham kneels before the angels, Lot's wife looks back at the city and is transformed into a pillar of salt, Lot, seeing the destruction of the cities and fearing for his safety in Zoar, flees with his daughters to a cave in the mountains, A tall rectangular sheet shows two separate classical-style scenes framed by arched tops, each depicting groups of robed figures in outdoor settings; the upper scene has three standing figures in flowing garments facing and gesturing toward a crouched bearded figure near a simple doorway while a fourth figure peers from inside, with a distant landscape of trees and hills visible beyond; the lower scene shows a group of robed figures walking together, some looking down and holding hands or supporting one another, with smoke or clouds and architectural ruins in the background, all rendered in a monochrome, engraved style with areas of light spotting on the paper.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B01_086

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40.7Mb (7.0Mb) / 9.3in x 16.9in / 2802 x 5072 (300dpi)

Keywords

Rafael Visit Three Angels Abraham Lot's Flight Sodom Photoreproductions prints frescoes depicting visit angels Lot's flight Raphael loggias Vatican photograph reproduction page number No 15 No 16 Bild 3 Bild 4 Iv Loge photographer Gustav Schauer Berlin print anonymous painting c 1851 - 1861 Rafaël paper albumen print albumendruk height 325 mm x width 250 mm Abraham kneels Lot's wife looks back city transformed pillar salt Lot seeing destruction cities fearing safety Zoar flees daughters cave mountains tall rectangular sheet two separate classical-style scenes framed arched tops depicting groups robed figures outdoor settings upper scene three standing figures flowing garments facing gesturing crouched bearded figure near simple doorway fourth figure peers inside distant landscape trees hills visible beyond lower scene group walking together looking down holding hands supporting another smoke clouds architectural ruins background rendered monochrome engraved style areas light spotting paper