A long-haired bearded man [from 'The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple'] c.1860-76

Carbon print | 27.4 x 22.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852680

After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)

Description

A photograph of one of the Pope's litter-bearers from Raphael's fresco of The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple, painted in 1511-12 in the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican.

The figure was described by Vasari as the portrait of Marcantonio Raimondi and this identification has been generally accepted ever since.

Provenance

Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
People involved

Creator(s)

After
Search the collection Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
(artist)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Carbon print

carbon print

Measurements

27.4 x 22.4 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Category
Photographs
Object type(s)
visual works
photographs
References

Other number(s)

Ruland : Ruland, C., 1876. The Works of Raphael Santi da Urbino as represented in the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by the Prince Consort, 1853-1861 and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Weimar – Ruland p.199 B.10a(add)

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