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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

Soldiers approaching a reclining river god (The Tiber)

c.1853-76

Albumen print | RCIN 852786

A photograph of a drawing by Carlo Maratti now in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle (RCIN 904237). The drawing is after one of the narrative panels painted on the dado in the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican.
  • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)