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Studies for 'The School of Athens'
1858Albumen print? | RCIN 2864339
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1509) now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. V 4883). The drawing is a preparatory study for the left-hand group in the 'The School of Athens', painted by Raphael in c.1509-10 in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican.
A copy of this photograph (RCIN 852552) can be found in the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection, portfolio 26 (970585)
Creator(s)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Attributed to Florence : Alinari (photographer)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Italy
- Lazio [Italy]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican-Stanza della Segnatura-School of Athens
- Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Lazio [Italy]
- Italy
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.189, no.227
Ames-Lewis 1986 : Ames-Lewis, F. The Draftsman Raphael, 1986 p.83, fig.XIV; p.95
