The Tomb of Raphael, Opened September 14, 1833, Pantheon, Rome
Medium
Lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 14 9/16 x 10 3/16 in. (37 x 25.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mary L. Myers, 1994
Accession Number
1994.103
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
TombsMen
About the Artist
Horace Vernet|Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · 1789–1863
**Horace Vernet** (full name Émile Jean-Horace Vernet) was a leading French painter of the nineteenth century, renowned for his dynamic battle scenes, portraits, and Orientalist subjects. Born on 30 June 1789 in Paris at the Louvre during the French Revolution, he came from a distinguished artistic dynasty. He was the son of the equestrian and military painter Carle Vernet and the grandson of the ...