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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

      ANNE CLAUDE PHILIPPE, COMTE DE CAYLUS (1692-1765)

      Two seated women: one holding a staff-cross (left), and the other with three children (right)

      c.1712-1760

      Etching | 24.1 x 29.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852982

      A reversed facsimile of a drawing catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Lettered with artists' names. Numbered at upper left: 158. Published in 'Cabinet du Roy', a set of etchings executed by Caylus reproducing drawings from the French Royal collection.

      Ruland suggested that the drawing may be a first study for the group of Faith and Charity, painted by Raphael's workshop in the Sala di Costantino in the Vatican.

      • Creator(s)

        Anne Claude Philippe, Comte de Caylus (1692-1765) (etcher)

        After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

      • 24.1 x 29.6 cm (sheet of paper)

        18.3 x 24.7 cm (platemark)

      • Added to 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]
                      • Sala di Costantino [Vatican Palace]
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