Group of Figures from Raphael's Incendio del Borgo

This engraving reproduces a detail from Raphael's fresco *Fire in the Borgo* (1514–17), one of the Vatican's most celebrated Renaissance compositions. The print isolates a group of women and children fleeing the titular fire, demonstrating how Old Master works were disseminated through reproductive prints in the nineteenth century. Such engravings served students, collectors, and the public as affordable access to canonical art. The careful handling of light and shadow through crosshatching reveals the printmaker's skill in translating Raphael's monumental figures and classical drapery into a portable medium—a common practice before photographic reproduction.