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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

    A seated female figure

    c.1853-76

    Albumen print | RCIN 852620

    A photograph of a drawing now in the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence. The drawing is a copy from the allegorical figure of Theology, painted in a roundel in the vault of the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. A photograph of the roundel can be found at RCIN 852612.
    • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

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