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Alessandro Porretti (b. 1838)
The School of Athens c.1870-80
Engraving | 68.7 x 90.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852530
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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 and dedicatee's coat of arms (but without dedication to Wilhelm I of Germany). With bearded head in profile to left in the lower right corner. Annotated in pencil on the back. Described as from Pietro de Brognoli's series of prints after Raphael's Stanze frescoes and Sistine Chapel tapestries dated 1874 (Höper 2001). Not in Ruland (1876).
Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving
Measurements
68.7 x 90.0 cm (sheet of paper)
Markings
annotation: PF 26. F. [back, lower left corner, in pencil]
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.40, no.IV, 11 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.382, no.F 2.38
