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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

The erection of St Peter's Basilica, and corpses being picked up from the river Tiber

c.1853-76

Albumen 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)