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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

JOSEPH ALOIS DRDA (PRAGUE 1783-PRAGUE 1883)

Set of eleven prints reproducing heads from 'The Disputa'

c.1805-76

Engraving | RCIN 852384

A set of eleven prints reproducing the heads of some of the figures depicted in the fresco of the Disputa (The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament), painted by Raphael around 1508-09 in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. Each print is lettered with the engraver's name; some bear the designer's name and some the date. From a series of prints also reproducing heads from the fresco of The School of Athens (see RCIN 852537).
  • Creator(s)

    Joseph Alois Drda (Prague 1783-Prague 1883) (engraver)

    After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    Joseph Bergler (1753-1829) (designer)

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

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Italy
          • Lazio [Italy]
            • Rome [Lazio]
              • Vatican City [Rome]
                • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                  • Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
                    • Vatican-Stanza della Segnatura-Disputa
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
  • Other number(s)

    Ruland p.180 B.20-30