Vatican Frescoes
Vatican Frescoes
Studies of angels
c.1853-76Albumen print | RCIN 852404
A photograph of the recto side of a drawing by Raphael currently in the British Museum, London (inv. no.1895,0915.621). The studies of angels are preparatory for the fresco of the Disputa (The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament), painted by Raphael in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican between 1508 and 1511. A photograph of the verso can be found at RCIN 852405.
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
