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The frescoes in the Vatican Palace commissioned by Popes Julius II and Leo X

Jean Baptiste Lucien (c. 1748-1806)

Head of a screaming woman in profile to left [from 'The Fire in the Borgo'] c.1768-96

Crayon-manner, printed in reddish brown | 49.3 x 34.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852827

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A print reproducing the head of a woman painted in the centre foreground of Raphael's fresco of The Fire in the Borgo executed in the Stanza dell'Incendio in the Vatican in 1514. Lettered with title and production details below image. Numbered at upper right: No. 205. The print is based upon a tracing made by E. Bouchardon then in the collection of Mr Chereau. From an unidentified series apparently including prints based upon drawings by Bouchardon.
  • Creator(s)

    Jean Baptiste Lucien (c. 1748-1806) (printmaker)

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

    Edme Bouchardon (1698-1762) (designer)

    Chereau : Rue des Mathurins St Jacques 24, Paris (publisher)

  • 49.3 x 34.9 cm (sheet of paper)

    48.3 x 34.0 cm (platemark)

  • TĂȘte de Femme.

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

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
    Subject(s)
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Chemistry
        • Fires
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Italy
          • Lazio [Italy]
            • Rome [Lazio]
              • Vatican City [Rome]
                • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                  • Stanza dell'Incendio [Vatican Palace]
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Medical sciences
        • Anatomy
          • Heads
  • Other number(s)

    Ruland p.208 B.III.17