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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

Studies of heads, hands and drapery for the left-hand group in the 'Disputa'

c.1853-76

Albumen print | RCIN 852443

A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1508-09) currently in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3869). The studies connect with the group depicted in the lower left corner of the Disputa (The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament), painted by Raphael in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican between 1508 and 1511. Another photograph of the drawing can be found at RCIN 852444.
  • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)