Vatican Frescoes
Vatican Frescoes
AFTER A WORK COPYING RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
Head of a woman
c.1853-76Albumen 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
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.62, no.481 (Bertini 1958 : Bertini, A. I disegni italiani della Biblioteca reale di Torino : catalogo, 1958)
