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The frescoes in the Vatican Palace commissioned by Popes Julius II and Leo X

Alexandre Chaponnier (1753-1830)

Head of Alcibiades [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1773-95

Stipple | 46.5 x 34.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852574

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Head of Alcibiades [from 'The School of Athens']

Alexandre Chaponnier (1753-1830)

Head of Alcibiades [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1773-95

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A stipple reproducing the head of the armoured figure in profile to right generally identified as Alcibiades, standing in front of Socrates at the top left of the stairs in Raphael's School of Athens, painted in c.1509-10 in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. Lettered with title and production details.

  • People involved

    Creator(s)

    Alexandre Chaponnier (1753-1830) (printmaker)

    After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

    Girard : Quay des Augustins, Nr 25 Maison du Citoyen Voland Libraire, Paris (publisher)

    Subject(s)
    Alcibiades (c. 450-404 BC)

  • Measurements

    46.5 x 34.0 cm (sheet of paper)

  • Other titles

    ALCIBIADE

  • Provenance

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

  • Groupings

    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
    Subject(s)
    • 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

  • References

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.193 D.121

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