Vatican Frescoes
Vatican Frescoes
FERDINAND RUSCHEWEYH (1785-1846)
Three heads of debating theologians [from 'The Disputa']
dated 1811Engraving with etching | 27.9 x 28.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852378
A print reproducing the heads of three of the figures flanking the altar in the Disputa (The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament), painted by Raphael around 1508-09 in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. Dated and lettered with production details.
At top left is the head of the standing bearded figure pointing upwards at the right of the altar; at right are the heads of St Jerome (top) and Gregory the Great (bottom), both sitting at the left of the altar.
Creator(s)
Ferdinand Ruscheweyh (1785-1846) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
27.9 x 28.9 cm (sheet of paper)
22.5 x 23.4 cm (platemark)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Italy
- Lazio [Italy]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican-Stanza della Segnatura-Disputa
- Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Lazio [Italy]
- Italy
- Europe
- Places