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Angelo Campanella (1746-1811)
Head of Euclid [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1765-1810
Engraving | 36.6 x 28.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852538.k
![Master: Set of fifteen prints reproducing heads from 'The School of Athens'
Item: Head of Euclid [from 'The School of Athens']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/f/d/796641-1532701099.jpg?itok=_hkcgtnH "Master: Set of fifteen prints reproducing heads from 'The School of Athens'
Item: Head of Euclid [from 'The School of Athens']")
Angelo Campanella (1746-1811)
Master: Set of fifteen prints reproducing heads from 'The School of Athens' Item: Head of Euclid [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1765-1810
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A print reproducing the head of the man bending over a slate board in the lower right corner of Raphael's School of Athens, shown as he draws a geometric figure with the aid of a compass. Lettered with production details. The figure is identified on the print as Archimedes. It is now generally thought that he is the Greek mathematician Euclid, depicted in the likeness of the architect Donato Bramante.
Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving
Measurements
36.6 x 28.6 cm (sheet of paper)
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ARCHIMEDE / Insigne Matematico Siracusano, nato di Stirpe Regia verso l'anno 286. / avanti l'Era Cristiana. Fu barbaramente ucciso nel saccheggio della sua patria / in età di anni circa 75. mentre era occupato in sublimi operazioni
