Vatican Frescoes
Vatican Frescoes
Head of a child
c.1720-1776Engraving with etching | RCIN 852686
A print described by Ruland (1876) as a reversed reproduction of the head of one of the children painted in Raphael's fresco of 'The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple', executed in 1511-12 in the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican. Lettered with artists' names. Annotated in pencil at lower right.
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)