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    ADOLPHE BRAUN (1812-77)

    The School of Athens (detail)

    c.1860-76

    Carbon print | 46.1 x 129.4 cm (whole object) | RCIN 852531

    Two joined photographs showing the lower section of Raphael's School of Athens, painted in c.1509-10 in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. Ruland (1876) catalogued the photograph as by Adolphe Braun.

    • Creator(s)

      Adolphe Braun (1812-77) (photographer)

      After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

      Subject(s)

      Plato (427-347 BC)
      Aristotle (384-322 BC)
      Diogenes (d. c. 323 BC)
      Euclid (active 300 BC)
      Ptolemy (c. 100-c. 178)
      Zoroaster
      Socrates (469-399 BC)

    • 46.1 x 129.4 cm (whole object)

    • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)

    • 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)

      Chapman/Plazzotta/Henry 2004 : Chapman, H, Plazzotta, C, Henry, T. Raphael. From Urbino to Rome. London, 2004 pp.51-55

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.190 D.5

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