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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

Apollo and Marsyas

dated 1690

Engraving | RCIN 852650

A reversed etching after one of the four rectangular frescoes painted on the vault of the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. Dated and lettered with production details below image. One from a series of plates executed by Bocquet between 1690 and 1695 reproducing the ceiling frescoes of the Stanza della Segnatura.
  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)