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Studies for figures in the 'Disputa'
1860Albumen print | 20.9 x 15 cm (image) | RCIN 2864177
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1508-09) currently in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no.Pl 472). The studies connect with the figures of Abraham and St Paul, seated on clouds at the left hand of Jesus in the Disputa (The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament), painted by Raphael in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican between 1508 and 1511.
A copy of this photograph (RCIN 852448) can be found in the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection, portfolio 24 (970583)
Creator(s)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Attributed to Robert Jefferson Bingham (1825-70) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Abraham(OT)Saint Paul20.9 x 15 cm (image)
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Italy
- Lazio [Italy]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican-Stanza della Segnatura-Disputa
- Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Lazio [Italy]
- Italy
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.185, no.212v
Brejon de Lavergnée 1997 : Brejon de Lavergnée, B, 1997. Catalogue des dessins Italiens. Collections du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Paris p.186, no.534
