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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

    ADAM VON BARTSCH (1757-1821)

    A study of three male draped figures

    dated 1787

    Etching | 28.3 x 23.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852813

    A facsimile of a drawing attributed to Raphael (c.1516) now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.227). Dated, and lettered with artists' names, and provenance of the work (Prince de Ligne Collection).

    The drawing is generally described as a preparatory study for the choristers shown in the upper left foreground of the fresco of The Coronation of Charlemagne, painted in the Stanza dell'Incendio in the Vatican in c.1516-17.

    • Creator(s)

      Adam von Bartsch (1757-1821) (etcher)

      After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    • 28.3 x 23.0 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

    • Subject(s)
      • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
        • Music
          • Musical forms
            • Choirs (musical)
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • prints
    • Other number(s)

      Ruland p.208 B.II.7

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