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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

Head of a youth wearing a head-cloth [from 'The Disputa']

c.1710-1780

Engraving with etching | RCIN 852390

A print reproducing the head of a youth wearing a head-cloth, reading from a book held by a man leaning on a parapet (identified as Bramante) in the lower left corner of the Disputa (The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament), painted by Raphael around 1508-09 in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. Lettered along the lower margin.
  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)