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    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.

    • Creator(s)

      Etienne Delaune (1518-83) (engraver)

      After Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534) (engraver)

      After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

      Subject(s)

      Alexander the Great (356 BC-323 BC)
      Homer (active 850 BC?)

    • 8.6 x 13.3 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

    • Subject(s)
      • Language, Linguistics and Literature
        • Literature
          • Poetry
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Italy
            • Lazio [Italy]
              • Rome [Lazio]
                • Vatican City [Rome]
                  • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                    • Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • prints
    • 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)

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.189 C.II.4

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