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      THOMAS HOLLOWAY (1748-1827)

      Head of a woman with her hair held in a net [from 'The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple']

      c.1768-1817

      Engraving | 27.1 x 25.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852684

      A print reproducing (in reverse) the head of one of the women depicted in Raphael's fresco of The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple, painted in 1511-12 in the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican. Lettered with production details.

      • Creator(s)

        Thomas Holloway (1748-1827) (engraver)

        After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

      • 27.1 x 25.7 cm (sheet of paper)

        17.3 x 17.1 cm (platemark)

      • HEAD after RAPHAEL.

      • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

      • Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • prints
      • Other number(s)

        Ruland p.200 B.14

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