Vatican Frescoes
Vatican Frescoes
A caryatid leaning on an oar which she is holding with both hands
c.1853-76Albumen print | RCIN 852781
A photograph of a drawing now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.293). The drawing reproduces one of the caryatids designed by Raphael for the dado decoration in the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican, generally interpreted as representing Marine.
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
