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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

Apollo holding a lyre, standing in a niche

c.1510-1520

Engraving | RCIN 852569

An engraving attributed to Marcantonio Raimondi, generally described as a repetition of another print by Marcantonio thought to derive from a lost drawing by Raphael for the niched statue of Apollo on the left-hand side of 'The School of Athens'. For an impression of the other variant see RCIN 852569.
  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)