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Ferdinand Ruscheweyh (1785-1846)

Head of Pope Urban I [from the Sala di Costantino] dated 1872

Etching | 35.7 x 30.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852969

Head of Pope Urban I [from the Sala di Costantino]

Ferdinand Ruscheweyh (1785-1846)

Head of Pope Urban I [from the Sala di Costantino] dated 1872

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Description

A print reproducing the head of Pope Urban I, a detail taken from the group painted by Raphael's workshop on the right of The battle of Constantine at the Milvian Bridge in the Sala di Costantino in the Vatican. Dated. Lettered with title and production details.

Provenance

Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Ferdinand Ruscheweyh (1785-1846)
(printmaker)

After a work by the workshop of
Search the collection Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
(artist)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Pope Urban I (r.222-230)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Etching

etching

Measurements

35.7 x 30.0 cm (sheet of paper)

28.2 x 23.0 cm (platemark)
Groupings
Category
General Subject Prints
Object type(s)
visual works
prints
Subject(s)
Places
Europe
Italy
Lazio [Italy]
Rome [Lazio]
Vatican City [Rome]
Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
Sala di Costantino [Vatican Palace]
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.238 C.IV.3

Alternative title(s)

URBANUS. I.

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