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Vatican Frescoes

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

Louis Jacoby (1828-1918)

The School of Athens c.1880-90

Engraving | 85.1 x 112.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852529

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The School of Athens

Louis Jacoby (1828-1918)

The School of Athens c.1880-90

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A print reproducing Raphael's fresco of The School of Athens, painted in c.1509-10 in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. Lettered with production details, title and dedication. Not in Ruland (1876). The print was published in 1883 to mark the 400th anniversary of Raphael's birth. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.

  • People involved

    Creator(s)

    Louis Jacoby (1828-1918) (engraver)

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

    [Austria] : K Hofmann (printer)

    Gesellschaft fúr vervielfältigende Kunst : Vienna (publisher)

    Hamburg : Kunstverein (publisher)

    Franz Josef I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1830-1916) (dedicatee)

    Louis Jacoby (1828-1918) (dedicator)

    Subject(s)
    Aristotle (384-322 BC)
    Diogenes (d. c. 323 BC)
    Euclid (active 300 BC)
    Ptolemy (c. 100-c. 178)
    Zoroaster
    Socrates (469-399 BC)

  • Measurements

    85.1 x 112.4 cm (sheet of paper)

    74.5 x 95.0 cm (platemark)

  • Other titles

    DIE SCHULE VON ATHEN.

  • Provenance

    Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)

  • 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.189 D.4a(add)

    Bibliographic reference(s)

    Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.382, no.F 2.39

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