The frescoes in the Vatican Palace commissioned by Popes Julius II and Leo X
Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534)
Apollo holding a lyre, standing in a niche c.1512-15
Engraving | 22.1 x 10.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852570
An engraving generally described as derived from a lost drawing by Raphael for the niched statue of Apollo on the left-hand side of The School of Athens. Only state. A same size variant in the same direction (only with the niche, without framing) generally ascribed to Raimondi also exists; an impression of it can be found at RCIN 852569.
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Creator(s)
Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
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22.1 x 10.9 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)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religions of antiquity
- Classical mythology
- Apollo (myth)
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Music
- Musical instruments
- Lyres
- Musical instruments
- Music
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.192 D.117
Bibliographic reference(s)
Catalogue of the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. v. P. Pouncey and J.A.Gere, Raphael and His Circle (1962); p.24, under no.27
Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 pp.38-9, no.3 (entry by Stefania Massari)
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