Allegory
ATTRIBUTED TO MASTER OF THE DIE (ACTIVE 1530-60)
The Seven Liberal Arts
dated 1544Engraving | RCIN 851978
A series of seven engravings depicting the Seven Liberal Arts (Trivium: Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric; Quadrivium: Arithmetic, Geometry, Music, Astronomy). Numbered, titled and dated on plate.
The authorship of the series is a matter of dispute: Bartsch catalogued it under the Master of the Die, but some modern scholars attribute it to Bonasone (Massari in Raphael Invenit 1985). The author of the original designs is also unclear. Passavant and Ruland (1876) suggested that they may be by Raphael.
The authorship of the series is a matter of dispute: Bartsch catalogued it under the Master of the Die, but some modern scholars attribute it to Bonasone (Massari in Raphael Invenit 1985). The author of the original designs is also unclear. Passavant and Ruland (1876) suggested that they may be by Raphael.
Creator(s)
Attributed to Master of the Die (active 1530-60) (engraver)
Attributed to Giulio di Antonio Bonasone (c. 1498-c. 1580) (engraver)
After? Raphael (1483-1520) (designer)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Philosophy & Psychology
- Philosophy
- Allegory
- Philosophy
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Philosophy & Psychology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.265, no.VI.1 (entry by Stefania Massari)
Other number(s)
Ruland p.146 C.XVI.1-7
