Vatican Frescoes
FERDINAND RUSCHEWEYH (1785-1846)
Study for a figure of a muse
c.1805-35Etching | 31.2 x 27.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852490
A facsimile of a drawing by Raphael (c.1510) now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.220). Lettered with artists' names.
The drawing is a study for the figure of the muse seated to the right of Apollo in Raphael's fresco of Parnassus, painted in c.1510-11 in the Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican. In the fresco the figure is depicted holding a kithara, an attribute generally associated with Erato, the muse ruling over music.
The drawing is a study for the figure of the muse seated to the right of Apollo in Raphael's fresco of Parnassus, painted in c.1510-11 in the Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican. In the fresco the figure is depicted holding a kithara, an attribute generally associated with Erato, the muse ruling over music.
Creator(s)
Ferdinand Ruscheweyh (1785-1846) (etcher)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
31.2 x 27.4 cm (sheet of paper)
25.7 x 21.9 cm (platemark)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religions of antiquity
- Classical mythology
- Muses
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
- Places
- Europe
- Mount Parnassus [Greece]
- Europe
- Geography
- Physiography
- Mountains
- Physiography
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.192, no.239
Other number(s)
Ruland p.187 C.I.75
