Vatican Frescoes
CHARLES THURSTON THOMPSON (1816-68)
Head of a bishop [from 'The Coronation of Charlemagne']
c.1853-76Albumen print | 23.0 x 18.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852387
A photograph of a drawing by Carlo Maratti currently in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle (RCIN 904246). The drawing reproduces the head of a bishop, depicted at lower right in the fresco of The Coronation of Charlemagne, painted by Raphael and his workshop in the Stanza dell'Incendio in the Vatican.
Creator(s)
Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68) (photographer)
After Carlo Maratti (1625-1713) (artist)
23.0 x 18.9 cm (sheet of paper)
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Christian church in general
- Church government. Ecclesiastical organization
- Clergy
- Bishops
- Clergy
- Church government. Ecclesiastical organization
- Christian church in general
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Places
- Europe
- Italy
- Lazio [Italy]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Stanza dell'Incendio [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Lazio [Italy]
- Italy
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
B(R) : Blunt, A.F. & Cooke, H.L., 1960. The Roman Drawings of the XVII and XVIII Centuries in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen at Windsor Castle, London no. 428
Other number(s)
Ruland p.180 B.37
