Vatican Frescoes
PAOLO FIDANZA (B. 1731)
Set of heads from ''The Mass at Bolsena'
c.1757-85Etching | RCIN 852705
A set of five prints reproducing the heads of some of the figures depicted in Raphael's fresco of The Mass at Bolsena, executed in 1512 in the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican. Each print is lettered along the bottom margin and numbered at top right. Probably from Tetes choisies de personnages illustres... published by Paolo Fidanza in Rome in 1785.
Paolo Fidanza became famous for publishing six volumes of prints of heads after Raphael between 1757 and 1763.
Paolo Fidanza became famous for publishing six volumes of prints of heads after Raphael between 1757 and 1763.
Creator(s)
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731) (printmaker)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Medical sciences
- Anatomy
- Heads
- Blood
- Anatomy
- Medical sciences
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Music
- Religious music
- Liturgical music
- Masses
- Liturgical music
- Religious music
- Music
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Science, Medicine and Technology
Other number(s)
Ruland p.201 C.3-7
