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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

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

Allegorical figure of Prudence [from the Sala di Costantino]

c.1860-76

Carbon print | 46.9 x 36.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852986

A photograph of the allegorical figure of Prudence, painted to the left of Pope Damasus I in the Sala di Costantino in the Vatican by Raphael's workshop between 1520 and 1524.
  • Creator(s)

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

  • 46.9 x 36.7 cm (sheet of paper)

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

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Italy
          • Lazio [Italy]
            • Rome [Lazio]
              • Vatican City [Rome]
                • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                  • Sala di Costantino [Vatican Palace]