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Tapestries

Tapestries

      AFTER A WORK COPYING RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

      Head of a man

      c.1853-76

      Albumen print | 21.9 x 16.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853197

      A photograph of a drawing catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the collection of the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar. The drawing corresponds with the head of the convert Dionysius depicted in the lower right-hand corner of Raphael's cartoon of 'St Paul Preaching at Athens' now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, on loan from the Royal Collection (see RCIN 912950).

      • Creator(s)

        After a work copying Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)

      • 21.9 x 16.7 cm (sheet of paper)

      • Acquired for 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]
                      • Sistine Chapel [Vatican Palace]
                        • Vatican-Sistine Chapel tapestries
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