After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
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
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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)
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Carbon print
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27.4 x 22.4 cm (sheet of paper)
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