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    AFTER PARMIGIANINO (PARMA 1503-CASALMAGGIORE 1540)

    The School of Athens

    c.1853-76

    Albumen print? | 18.9 x 34.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852545

    A photograph of a drawing by Parmigianino now in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle (RCIN 990533). The drawing reproduces the composition of Raphael's School of Athens, but with a few significant differences including the absence of the figure of Heraclitus in the centre foreground. The Windsor sheet also differs from Raphael's cartoon (Ambrosiana, Milan) in a few details (i.e., the inclusion of the relief of Philosophy in the architecture to the right). It has been suggested that the Windsor sheet may be a copy after a lost drawing by Raphael. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.

    • Creator(s)

      After Parmigianino (Parma 1503-Casalmaggiore 1540) (artist)

      After a work copying Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    • 18.9 x 34.9 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

    • 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
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      Weigel 1865 : Weigel, R., 1865. Die Werke der maler in ihren Hand zeichnungen, 2 vols, Leipzig. vol.2, p.587, no.6962

      P&W : Popham, A.E. & Wilde, J., 1949. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London pp.284-5, no.598r

      Haverkamp-Begemann 1988 : Haverkamp-Begemann, E. Creative Copies. Interpretative Drawings from Michelangelo to Picasso, 1988. pp.47-9, no.8 (entry by Judith Cohen)

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.190 D.85

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