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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

      Two men with their arms raised up

      c.1853-76

      Albumen print | RCIN 852841

      A photograph of a drawing described by Ruland (1876) as being then in the Uffizi in Florence. The two figures sketched on the sheet are copied (in reverse) from Raphael's fresco of 'The Fire in the Borgo', executed in the Stanza dell'Incendio in the Vatican in c.1514.
      • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

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