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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

    The Parnassus

    c.1860-76

    Carbon print | RCIN 852462

    A photograph of the the fresco of the Parnassus, painted by Raphael in c.1510-11 in the Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican. Ruland (1876) described the photograph as the work of Adolph Braun.

    • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)

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