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Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa' c.1757-85
Etching | RCIN 852389
![Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of Christ [from 'The Disputa']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/6/7/759321-1527261186.jpg?itok=zdu1W1eT "Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of Christ [from 'The Disputa']")
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa' Item: Head of Christ [from 'The Disputa'] c.1757-85
![Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of the Virgin Mary [from 'The Disputa']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/1/2/759323-1527261192.jpg?itok=bMk6NTte "Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of the Virgin Mary [from 'The Disputa']")
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa' Item: Head of the Virgin Mary [from 'The Disputa'] c.1757-85
![Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of an angel [from 'The Disputa']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/2/0/759324-1527261195.jpg?itok=ySlnRb5t "Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of an angel [from 'The Disputa']")
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa' Item: Head of an angel [from 'The Disputa'] c.1757-85
![Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of an angel [from 'The Disputa']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/8/4/759325-1527261196.jpg?itok=zB2x6RsJ "Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of an angel [from 'The Disputa']")
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa' Item: Head of an angel [from 'The Disputa'] c.1757-85
![Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of an angel [from 'The Disputa']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/0/6/759326-1527261199.jpg?itok=uZ78X9az "Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of an angel [from 'The Disputa']")
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa' Item: Head of an angel [from 'The Disputa'] c.1757-85
![Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of an angel [from 'The Disputa']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/5/5/759327-1527261201.jpg?itok=gzFg1gzA "Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of an angel [from 'The Disputa']")
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa' Item: Head of an angel [from 'The Disputa'] c.1757-85
![Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of an angel [from 'The Disputa']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/b/1/759328-1527261203.jpg?itok=47fopM20 "Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of an angel [from 'The Disputa']")
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa' Item: Head of an angel [from 'The Disputa'] c.1757-85
![Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of an angel [from 'The Disputa']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/0/7/759329-1527261206.jpg?itok=EeZ_LVtx "Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of an angel [from 'The Disputa']")
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa' Item: Head of an angel [from 'The Disputa'] c.1757-85
![Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of Abraham [from 'The Disputa']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/e/a/759330-1527261208.jpg?itok=GJFCTy_v "Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of Abraham [from 'The Disputa']")
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa' Item: Head of Abraham [from 'The Disputa'] c.1757-85
![Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of St John the Baptist [from 'The Disputa']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/f/f/759331-1527261211.jpg?itok=W2dCWvqj "Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of St John the Baptist [from 'The Disputa']")
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa' Item: Head of St John the Baptist [from 'The Disputa'] c.1757-85
![Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of St Peter [from 'The Disputa']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/1/c/759332-1527261213.jpg?itok=gTKVU25V "Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of St Peter [from 'The Disputa']")
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa' Item: Head of St Peter [from 'The Disputa'] c.1757-85
![Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of St Paul [from 'The Disputa']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/0/d/759333-1527261215.jpg?itok=00YIdGrv "Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of St Paul [from 'The Disputa']")
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa' Item: Head of St Paul [from 'The Disputa'] c.1757-85
![Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of Moses [from 'The Disputa']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/b/8/759334-1527261218.jpg?itok=v3J_q7jy "Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of Moses [from 'The Disputa']")
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa' Item: Head of Moses [from 'The Disputa'] c.1757-85
![Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of a bearded man [from 'The Disputa']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/d/b/759335-1527261221.jpg?itok=PJqxvk3N "Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of a bearded man [from 'The Disputa']")
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa' Item: Head of a bearded man [from 'The Disputa'] c.1757-85
![Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of a monk [from 'The Disputa']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/d/0/759336-1527261223.jpg?itok=-y5I-zLc "Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of a monk [from 'The Disputa']")
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa' Item: Head of a monk [from 'The Disputa'] c.1757-85
![Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Heads of four ecclesiastics [from 'The Disputa']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/c/4/759337-1527261225.jpg?itok=9GExcyq6 "Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Heads of four ecclesiastics [from 'The Disputa']")
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa' Item: Heads of four ecclesiastics [from 'The Disputa'] c.1757-85
![Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of a bearded man [from 'The Disputa']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/3/7/759338-1527261227.jpg?itok=dEai_A7f "Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of a bearded man [from 'The Disputa']")
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa' Item: Head of a bearded man [from 'The Disputa'] c.1757-85
![Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of a long-haired youth [from 'The Disputa']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/5/3/759339-1527261230.jpg?itok=tYKRAOR8 "Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of a long-haired youth [from 'The Disputa']")
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa' Item: Head of a long-haired youth [from 'The Disputa'] c.1757-85
![Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of a youth wearing a head-cloth [from 'The Disputa']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/c/6/759340-1527261232.jpg?itok=yrCkLhF4 "Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of a youth wearing a head-cloth [from 'The Disputa']")
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa' Item: Head of a youth wearing a head-cloth [from 'The Disputa'] c.1757-85
![Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of a youth [from 'The Disputa']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/7/2/759341-1527261235.jpg?itok=paVZF2F9 "Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of a youth [from 'The Disputa']")
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa' Item: Head of a youth [from 'The Disputa'] c.1757-85
![Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of a tonsured monk [from 'The Disputa']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/2/d/759342-1527261237.jpg?itok=A7YKpvJz "Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of a tonsured monk [from 'The Disputa']")
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa' Item: Head of a tonsured monk [from 'The Disputa'] c.1757-85
![Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of a bearded figure [from 'The Disputa']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/b/2/759343-1527261239.jpg?itok=RgHTTKQZ "Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa'
Item: Head of a bearded figure [from 'The Disputa']")
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-seven heads from 'The Disputa' Item: Head of a bearded figure [from 'The Disputa'] c.1757-85
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A set of twenty-seven etchings reproducing the heads of some of the figures depicted in the fresco of the Disputa (The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament), painted by Raphael around 1508-09 in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. Each print is lettered along the bottom margin and numbered at top right. Probably from Tetes choisies de personnages illustres... published by Paolo Fidanza in Rome in 1785.
Paolo Fidanza became famous for publishing six volumes of prints of heads after Raphael between 1757 and 1763.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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