Vatican Frescoes
Vatican Frescoes
A long-haired bearded man [from 'The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple']
c.1860-76Carbon print | RCIN 852680
A photograph of one of the Pope's litter-bearers from Raphael's fresco of 'The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple', painted in 1511-12 in the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican.
The figure was described by Vasari as the portrait of Marcantonio Raimondi and this identification has been generally accepted ever since.
The figure was described by Vasari as the portrait of Marcantonio Raimondi and this identification has been generally accepted ever since.
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
