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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

    The Annunciation with kneeling Angel

    c.1540-1550

    Engraving | RCIN 852797

    An engraving attributed by Bartsch to Enea Vico. The subject corresponds (in reverse) with an engraving by Pietro Santi Bartoli (see RCIN 852796), part of a series reproducing monochromes allegedly designed by Raphael for the Vatican stanze and the Sistine Chapel tapestries.
    • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

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