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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

PAOLO FIDANZA (B. 1731)

Set of ten heads from ''The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple'

c.1757-85

Etching | RCIN 852685

A set of ten prints reproducing the heads of some of the figures depicted in Raphael's fresco of The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple, executed in 1511-12 in the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican. Each print is lettered along the bottom margin and numbered at top/lower 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.
  • Creator(s)

    Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731) (printmaker)

    After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    Subject(s)

    Heliodorus
    Pope Julius II (1443-1513)
  • 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 d'Eliodoro [Vatican Palace]
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Bible & Holy Scripture
            • Old Testament
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
  • Other number(s)

    Ruland p.200 B.15-24