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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

    The Fire in the Borgo

    c.1860-76

    Carbon print | RCIN 852815

    A photograph reproducing the fresco of 'The Fire in Borgo', painted by Raphael and his workshop in 1514 in the Stanza dell'Incendio in the Vatican. Ruland (1876) catalogued this photograph as by A. Braun.
    • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)

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