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Vatican Frescoes

    Head of Alcibiades [from 'The School of Athens']

    c.1773-1795

    Stipple | RCIN 852574

    A stipple reproducing the head of the armoured figure in profile to right generally identified as Alcibiades, standing in front of Socrates at the top left of the stairs in Raphael's 'School of Athens', painted in c.1509-10 in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. Lettered with title and production details.
    • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

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