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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

Studies of angels and of a right shoulder

c.1853-76

Albumen print | RCIN 852414

A photograph of a drawing formerly attributed to Raphael, thought to be related to his fresco of the Disputa. Ruland (1876) catalogued the drawing as being then in the Uffizi, Florence.
  • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)