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    Allegorical figure of Eternity [from the Sala di Costantino]

    c.1860-76

    Carbon print | RCIN 852947

    A photograph of the allegorical figure of Eternity, painted on the right of St Peter to the left of the fresco of 'The Vision of the Cross', executed 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)

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