The frescoes in the Vatican Palace commissioned by Popes Julius II and Leo X
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
Alexander Preserving the Works of Homer published 1830
Etching | 11.0 x 16.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852521
An outline-etching reproducing the composition of a small grisaille fresco painted beneath the Parnassus in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. Lettered with title and location of the work. Lettered at upper centre above image: I. Published in Montagnani, Illustrazione storico-pittorica con incisioni a contorni delle pitture nelle stanze vaticane di Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, Rome 1830, plate 6.
In the Ashmolean Museum is kept a drawing of this subject attributed to Raphael (inv. no.WA1935.152), later engraved by Marcantonio Raimondi in c.1520. For a first state impression of Marcantonio's engraving and further discussion, see RCIN 852517.
In the Ashmolean Museum is kept a drawing of this subject attributed to Raphael (inv. no.WA1935.152), later engraved by Marcantonio Raimondi in c.1520. For a first state impression of Marcantonio's engraving and further discussion, see RCIN 852517.
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Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Alexander the Great (356 BC-323 BC)Homer (active 850 BC?) -
11.0 x 16.5 cm (sheet of paper)
14.3 cm (Width) (platemark)
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Ritrovamento de' Libri Sibillini nel sepolcro / di Numa
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Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
Subject(s)
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
- Literature
- Poetry
- Literature
- Places
- Europe
- Italy
- Lazio [Italy]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Lazio [Italy]
- Italy
- Europe
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.189 C.II.5
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