The frescoes in the Vatican Palace commissioned by Popes Julius II and Leo X
Joseph Alois Drda (Prague 1783-Prague 1883)
Set of two prints reproducing heads from 'The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple' c.1805-25
Etching | RCIN 852675
![Master: Set of two prints reproducing heads from 'The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple'
Item: Head of a young man brandishing a sword [from 'The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple']](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/1/a/752377-1524584873.jpg?itok=ZgUTMvBl "Master: Set of two prints reproducing heads from 'The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple'
Item: Head of a young man brandishing a sword [from 'The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple']")
A set of two prints reproducing the heads of two figures depicted in Raphael's fresco of The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple, painted in 1511-12 in the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican. From a series engraved by Joseph Alois Drda after designs by Joseph Bergler. Both prints are lettered with production details. From a series also reproducing heads from the frescoes of the Disputa and the School of Athens (see RCINs 852384, 852537).
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Creator(s)
Joseph Alois Drda (Prague 1783-Prague 1883) (printmaker)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Joseph Bergler (1753-1829) (designer)
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Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Armour
- Side arms (weapons)
- Swords
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Engineering & Technology
- Science, Medicine and Technology
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.199 B.5.a-b
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