Vatican Frescoes
Vatican Frescoes
A niched pope between allegorical figures and caryatids
c.1860-76Carbon print | RCIN 852959
A photograph of a Pope (Alexander I or Sylvester I?) enthroned between the allegorical figures of Faith and Religion, on the left of the fresco of 'The Battle of Constantine at the Milvian Bridge', painted by Raphael's workshop in the Sala di Costantino in the Vatican between 1520 and 1524.
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
