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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

    AFTER A WORK COPYING RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

    Head of a woman

    c.1853-76

    Albumen print | 26.9 x 21.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852503

    A photograph of a drawing now in the Biblioteca Reale, Turin (inv. no.15658). The drawing has been formerly thought to be a study from life made by Raphael in preparation for the head of one of the muses depicted in his fresco of Parnassus in the Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican.

    • Creator(s)

      After a work copying Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

    • 26.9 x 21.0 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

    • Subject(s)
      • Religion & Theology
        • Religions and faiths
          • Religions of antiquity
            • Classical mythology
              • Muses
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      p.62, no.481 (Bertini 1958 : Bertini, A. I disegni italiani della Biblioteca reale di Torino : catalogo, 1958)

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