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      AFTER A WORK BY THE WORKSHOP OF RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

      Allegorical figure of Charity [from the Sala di Costantino]

      c.1860-76

      Carbon print | 46.8 x 36.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852976

      A photograph showing the allegorical figure of Charity, painted next to Pope Urban I on the right of the fresco of The battle of Constantine at the Milvian Bridge, executed by Raphael's workshop in the Sala di Costantino in the Vatican between 1520 and 1524.

      • Creator(s)

        After a work by the workshop of Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

      • 46.8 x 36.5 cm (sheet of paper)

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

      • Subject(s)
        • Philosophy & Psychology
          • Philosophy
            • Allegory
        • Places
          • Europe
            • Italy
              • Lazio [Italy]
                • Rome [Lazio]
                  • Vatican City [Rome]
                    • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                      • Sala di Costantino [Vatican Palace]
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
      • Other number(s)

        Ruland p.238 C.IV.9

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