Vatican Frescoes
Vatican Frescoes
The erection of St Peter's Basilica, and corpses being picked up from the river Tiber
c.1853-76Albumen print | RCIN 853008
A photograph of a drawing now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.4305). The drawing has been described as a preparatory study by the workshop of Raphael, or a copy after such, for an unexecuted monochrome intended for the Sala di Costantino in the Vatican. Scholars have often attributed the drawing to Francesco Penni.
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)