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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

      AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

      The Presentation of the Decretals

      c.1860-76

      Carbon print | 43.9 x 36.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852601

      A photograph of the fresco of The Presentation of the Decretals, painted to the right of the window on the south wall of the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican, which is also known as Jurisprudence Wall.

      • Creator(s)

        After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

      • 43.9 x 36.1 cm (sheet of paper)

      • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)

      • Subject(s)
        • Social sciences
          • Law
        • Places
          • Europe
            • Italy
              • Lazio [Italy]
                • Rome [Lazio]
                  • Vatican City [Rome]
                    • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                      • Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
                        • Vatican-Stanza della Segnatura-Jurisprudence wall
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
      • Other number(s)

        Ruland p.194 E.III.1

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