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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

      GIOVANNI VOLPATO (1733-1803)

      The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple, with key to identification of figures in the fresco

      c.1775-85

      Engraving with etching | RCIN 852671

      A print reproducing the Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple, painted by Raphael in the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican; with key to the identification of some of the figures depicted in the fresco.

      • Creator(s)

        Giovanni Volpato (1733-1803) (engraver)

        After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

        Bernardino Nocchi (1741-1812) (designer)

        Giovanni Volpato (1733-1803) (publisher)

        Subject(s)

        Heliodorus
        Pope Julius II (1443-1513)
      • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

      • Subject(s)
        • Religion & Theology
          • Religions and faiths
            • Christianity
              • Bible & Holy Scripture
                • Old Testament
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • prints
      • Other number(s)

        Ruland p.199 B.2.a-b

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