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      JOSEPH ALOIS DRDA (PRAGUE 1783-PRAGUE 1883)

      Set of two prints reproducing heads from 'The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple'

      c.1805-25

      Etching | RCIN 852675

      A set of two prints reproducing the heads of two figures 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. From a series engraved by Joseph Alois Drda after designs by Joseph Bergler. Both prints are lettered with production details. From a series also reproducing heads from the frescoes of the Disputa and the School of Athens (see RCINs 852384, 852537).

      • Creator(s)

        Joseph Alois Drda (Prague 1783-Prague 1883) (printmaker)

        After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

        Joseph Bergler (1753-1829) (designer)

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

      • Subject(s)
        • Science, Medicine and Technology
          • Engineering & Technology
            • Military engineering
              • Arms (weapons)
                • Armour
                • Side arms (weapons)
                  • Swords
      • Other number(s)

        Ruland p.199 B.5.a-b

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