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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

PAOLO FIDANZA (B. 1731)

Set of two heads from 'The Presentation of the Decretals'

c.1757-1785

Etching | RCIN 852606

A set of two prints reproducing the heads of two figures depicted in the fresco of 'The Presentation of the Decretals', painted to the right of the window on the south wall in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican, also known as 'Jurisprudence Wall'. 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.  
  • Creator(s)

    Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731) (printmaker)

    After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

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

  • Subject(s)
    • Social sciences
      • Law
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Italy
          • Lazio [Italy]
            • Rome [Lazio]
              • Vatican City [Rome]
                • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                  • Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
                    • Vatican-Stanza della Segnatura-Jurisprudence wall