The first volume of the series starts with a study of the in its cultural contexts confronting it with the . The second contribution focuses on Raphael’s , of which a new version has recently surfaced, and which is here presented as a workshop replica. Stress is laid on the technical analysis, which allows to identify the picture as a painting coming from the workshop of Raphael.

Jürg Meyer zur Capellen was born in Göttingen (Germany) in 1941. He taught art history at the universities of Freiburg, Cologne, and Münster. He has written widely on Renaissance painting and is directing the for more than 20 years. Claudio Falcucci was born in Colleferro (Italy) in 1967. He made his BSc in Nuclear Engeneering at the University La Sapienza in Rome in 1991 and concentrated on non-destructive testing techniques from X-ray to IR. He has published on Renaissance and Baroque painting and teaches at the La Sapienza since 1996.

Contents: A historical and iconographical paper on the – An analysis on a version of Raphael’s , here identified a workshop replica. Inhaltsverzeichnis