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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

RAPHAEL MORGHEN (1758-1833)

The Mass at Bolsena, with text in Latin

c.1775-85

Engraving with etching | RCIN 852703

A print reproducing the fresco of The Miracle of the Mass at Bolsena, painted by Raphael in c.1512 in the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican; mounted with related text in Latin.
  • Creator(s)

    Raphael Morghen (1758-1833) (engraver)

    After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    Giovanni Volpato (1733-1803) (director)

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

  • Subject(s)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Music
        • Religious music
          • Liturgical music
            • Masses
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Medical sciences
        • Anatomy
          • Blood
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.48, no.II.2 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini)

    Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 pp.400-401, no.F 9.1

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.201 C.2.a-b