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Vatican Frescoes

    GIOVANNI VOLPATO (1733-1803)

    The Disputa, and key to the identification of figures in the fresco

    c.1775-85

    RCIN 852371

    An engraving reproducing the Disputa (The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament), painted by Raphael around 1508-09 in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican; mounted together with key to the identification of some of the figures depicted in the fresco.

    • Creator(s)

      Giovanni Volpato (1733-1803) (engraver)

      After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

      Giuseppe Cades (1750-99) (designer)

    • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Italy
            • Lazio [Italy]
              • Rome [Lazio]
                • Vatican City [Rome]
                  • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                    • Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
                      • Vatican-Stanza della Segnatura-Disputa
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • prints
    • Other number(s)

      Ruland p.179 A.1.a-b

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