The frescoes in the Vatican Palace commissioned by Popes Julius II and Leo X
Anne Claude Philippe, Comte de Caylus (1692-1765)
A battle scene with prisoners being pinioned published 1729
Etching | 32.1 x 43.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852855
A facsimile of the verso of a drawing by Raphael now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.179v). Lettered with title, production details and provenance of the work (collection of Pierre Crozat). Numbered in the lower right corner: 45. Published in Recueil de Crozat, Paris 1729, plate 45.
The drawing has been formerly connected with the fresco of The Victory at Ostia painted in the Stanza dell'Incendio in the Vatican in c.1514-15. It is now generally thought to be a much earlier work dated c.1507-08.
The drawing has been formerly connected with the fresco of The Victory at Ostia painted in the Stanza dell'Incendio in the Vatican in c.1514-15. It is now generally thought to be a much earlier work dated c.1507-08.
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Creator(s)
Anne Claude Philippe, Comte de Caylus (1692-1765) (etcher)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
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32.1 x 43.6 cm (sheet of paper)
29.7 x 41.4 cm (platemark)
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ESTUDE POUR LE TABLEAU DE LA DESCENTE DES SARRAZINS AU PORT D'OSTIE.
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Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.210 B.IV.13
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