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    AFTER A WORK BY THE WORKSHOP OF RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

    St Peter enthroned between allegorical figures and caryatids

    c.1860-76

    Carbon print | 27.3 x 21.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852945

    A photograph showing the group of St Peter enthroned between the allegorical figures of the Church and Eternity, painted on the left of the fresco of 'The Vision of the Cross' by Raphael's workshop in the Sala di Costantino in the Vatican.

    • Creator(s)

      After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

    • 27.3 x 21.4 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)

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      • Places
        • Europe
          • Italy
            • Lazio [Italy]
              • Rome [Lazio]
                • Vatican City [Rome]
                  • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                    • Sala di Costantino [Vatican Palace]
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