The frescoes in the Vatican Palace commissioned by Popes Julius II and Leo X
Johann Gottlieb Prestel (1739-1808)
Studies for 'The School of Athens' published 1779
Aquatint with etching | 28.0 x 39.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852555
A facsimile of a drawing by Raphael (c.1509) now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.4883); reproduced in reverse. With printmaker's name and date (17?) at lower right. Trimmed along lower edge. Published in J.G. Prestel, Dessins des meilleurs peintres des Pais-Bas d'Allemagne et d'Italie du Cabinet de Monsieur G.T. Schmidt, Vienna 1779, plate 28.
The drawing reproduced in this print is a preparatory study for the left-hand group in The School of Athens, painted by Raphael in c.1509-10 in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican.
The drawing reproduced in this print is a preparatory study for the left-hand group in The School of Athens, painted by Raphael in c.1509-10 in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican.
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Creator(s)
Johann Gottlieb Prestel (1739-1808) (printmaker)
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28.0 x 39.1 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)
- 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
- 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.190 D.101
Bibliographic reference(s)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.379, no.F 2.14
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