The frescoes in the Vatican Palace commissioned by Popes Julius II and Leo X
Paul Ponce Antoine Robert de Séri (1686-1733)
Studies for 'The School of Athens' published 1729
Chiaroscuro woodcut on etched lines | 32.3 x 36.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852554
A facsimile of a drawing by Raphael (c.1509) now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.4883); reproduced in reverse. Lettered with title, artists' names and then location of the work (collection of Pierre Crozat). Numbered in the lower right corner: 44. Published in Recueil Crozat, Paris 1729, plate 44.
The drawing 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 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)
Paul Ponce Antoine Robert de Séri (1686-1733) (etcher)
Nicolas Le Sueur (1691-1764) (printmaker)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
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32.3 x 36.7 cm (sheet of paper)
28.6 x 35.9 cm (image)
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Estudes pour le tableau de l'Ecole d'Athenes
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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.100
Bibliographic reference(s)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.378, no. F 2.8
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