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Vatican Frescoes

      AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

      Study for the Judgement of Solomon

      c.1853-76

      Albumen print | 10.3 x 14.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852656

      A photograph of a drawing by Raphael now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.196). The drawing is a preparatory study for the Judgement of Solomon, one of the four rectangular frescoes painted on the vault of the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican, a photograph of which can be found at RCIN 852654.

      • Creator(s)

        After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

        Subject(s)

        Solomon (OT)

      • 10.3 x 14.2 cm (sheet of paper)

      • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

      • Subject(s)
        • Places
          • Europe
            • Italy
              • Lazio [Italy]
                • Rome [Lazio]
                  • Vatican City [Rome]
                    • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                      • Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
                        • Vatican-Stanza della Segnatura-Ceiling
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
      • Bibliographic reference(s)

        Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.195, no.251r

        Other number(s)

        Ruland p.197 F.VIII.3

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