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    RICHARD DUPPA (1768-1831)

    Head of a child [from 'The School of Athens']

    dated 1798

    Stipple | 62.0 x 45.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852533

    A stipple reproducing the head of the child on the extreme left of Raphael's School of Athens, painted in c.1509-10 in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. Dated, and lettered with production details. Published in R. Duppa, The life of Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, London 1816.

    • Creator(s)

      Richard Duppa (1768-1831) (director)

      After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

      Richard Duppa (1768-1831) (designer)

    • 62.0 x 45.8 cm (sheet of paper)

    • FROM THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS.

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

    • Subject(s)
      • People
        • Children
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Italy
            • Lazio [Italy]
              • Rome [Lazio]
                • Vatican City [Rome]
                  • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                    • Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
                      • Vatican-Stanza della Segnatura-School of Athens
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • prints
    • Other number(s)

      Ruland p.190 D.6

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