Vatican Frescoes
Vatican Frescoes
The Emperor Augustus Prevents the Burning of Virgil's Aeneid
c.1853-76Albumen print | RCIN 852523
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael now in the Teylers Museum, Haarlem (inv. no.A 56). The drawing is a preparatory study for the grisaille fresco to the right below Parnassus in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican.
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
