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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

      Pope Damasus I between the allegorical figures, angels and caryatids

      c.1860-76

      Carbon print | RCIN 852984

      A photograph showing the group of Pope Damasus I enthroned between the allegorical figures of Prudence and Peace, painted by Raphael's workshop to the left of the fresco of 'The Baptism of Constantine' in the Sala di Costantino in the Vatican.
      • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)

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