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AFTER A WORK COPYING RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

The Mass at Bolsena

1858

Albumen print? | RCIN 2864344

A photograph of a drawing now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.225). The drawing, formerly attributed to Raphael, is a copy from his fresco of 'The Miracle of the Mass at Bolsena', painted in c.1512 in the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican.

A copy if this photograph (RCIN 852707) can be found in the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection, portfolio 28 (970587)

  • Creator(s)

    After a work copying Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    Attributed to Florence : Alinari (photographer)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Music
        • Religious music
          • Liturgical music
            • Masses
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Medical sciences
        • Anatomy
          • Blood
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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