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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

LUIGI CALAMATTA, DIREXIT (1801-69)

Group of four ecclesiastics discussing [from 'The Disputa']

c.1821-59

Mixed media | 46.9 x 60.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852377

A print reproducing the busts and heads of the group in the left background of the Disputa (The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament), painted by Raphael around 1508-09 in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. Lettered with title and production details. Numbered on plate at upper right: 12.
  • Creator(s)

    Luigi Calamatta, direxit (1801-69) (director)

    After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    Goupil & Co. : Paris, London, Berlin & New York (printer)

    Goupil & Co. : Paris, London, Berlin & New York (publisher)

  • 46.9 x 60.8 cm (sheet of paper)

    42.7 x 57.0 cm (platemark)

  • TÊTES D'ÉTUDE

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Italy
          • Lazio [Italy]
            • Rome [Lazio]
              • Vatican City [Rome]
                • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                  • Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
                    • Vatican-Stanza della Segnatura-Disputa
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
  • Other number(s)

    Ruland p.179 B.5