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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

    Studies of angels

    c.1853-76

    Albumen print | RCIN 852405

    A photograph of the verso 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 recto can be found at RCIN 852404.
    • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

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