Vatican Frescoes
Vatican Frescoes
God the Father
dated 1783Etching | RCIN 852401
A facsimile etching of a cartoon fragment by Raphael (c.1509) currently in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3868). The cartoon is for the figure of God the Father in the fresco of the Disputa (The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament), painted by Raphael in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican between 1508 and 1511. Dated and lettered with artists' names.
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
