Head of Andrea Navagero [from Raphael's 'Portrait of Andrea Navagero and Agostino Beazzano']

An etching of the head of Andrea Navagero (1483-1529), a detail from Raphael's 'Portrait of Andrea Navagero and Agostino Beazzano' (1516) now in the Galleria Doria Pamphili, Rome (inv. FC 130). Published in 'Recueil de têtes choisies de personnages illustres dans les lettres et dans les armes éxactement dessinées et gravées de la grandeur des originaux par Paul Fidanza', Rome 1785, 1. The painting - now universally accepted as Raphael's original - has long been regarded as a high quality copy of the original, formerly thought to have gone lost. The legend below image credits Raphael with the design of the composition, and identifies the sitter as the law professor Bartolo da Sassoferrato (1313-57). An etching by Fidanza of the head of Agostino Beazzano can be found at RCIN 852075.