Studies for 'The School of Athens'

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.