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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

Allegorical figure of Religion [from the Sala di Costantino]

c.1860-76

Carbon print | RCIN 852964

A photograph of the allegorical figure of Religion, painted next to a niched pope (Alexander I or Sylvester I?) to the left of the fresco of 'The Battle of Constantine at the Milvian Bridge', 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)