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    THOMAS HOLLOWAY (1748-1827)

    Head of a monk [from 'The Disputa']

    published 2 April 1792

    Engraving | 26.4 x 21.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852391

    A print reproducing the head and shoulders of a tonsured monk crouched to the left of the altar in the fresco 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 production details. Numbered at lower right: 95.

    • Creator(s)

      Thomas Holloway (1748-1827) (engraver)

      After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

      L. Murray (18C) (publisher)

      Thomas Holloway (1748-1827) (publisher)

    • 26.4 x 21.5 cm (sheet of paper)

      25.1 x 20.1 cm (platemark)

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

    • Subject(s)
      • Religion & Theology
        • Religions and faiths
          • Religious orders
            • Monks
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Italy
            • Lazio [Italy]
              • Rome [Lazio]
                • Vatican City [Rome]
                  • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                    • Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
                      • Vatican-Stanza della Segnatura-Disputa
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