Vatican Frescoes
Vatican Frescoes
PAOLO FIDANZA (B. 1731)
Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
c.1757-85Etching | RCIN 852389
A set of twenty-seven etchings 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 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) (etcher)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731) (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
- Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Lazio [Italy]
- Italy
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Places
Other number(s)
Ruland p.180 B.39-65
