The frescoes in the Vatican Palace commissioned by Popes Julius II and Leo X
Etienne Delaune (1518-83)
Alexander Preserving the Works of Homer c.1520-73
Engraving | 8.6 x 13.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852520
This print is based upon an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi dated c.1520, which was made after a drawing by Raphael now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1935.152). Signed with monogram at lower centre. Numbered in the upper left corner: II, and in the upper right: 2. From a series of eight numbered plates (see Robert-Dumesnil 1865, IX, nos.300-307). For a first state impression of Marcantonio's engraving and further discussion, see RCIN 852517.
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Creator(s)
Etienne Delaune (1518-83) (engraver)
After Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Alexander the Great (356 BC-323 BC)Homer (active 850 BC?) -
8.6 x 13.3 cm (sheet of paper)
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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.4
Bibliographic reference(s)
Tauriscus 1819 : Tauriscus, E, 1819. Catalogues des estampes gravees d'apres Rafael, Frankurt p.218, no.2c
Raphael dans les collections françaises 1983 : Hommage a Raphael. Raphael dans les collections françaises: (Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 15 novembre 1983-13 fevrier 1984), Paris p.386, no.80 (entry by Pierrette Jean-Richard)
Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.37, no.III.3 (entry by Stefania Massari)
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