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Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68)
A young man [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1853-76
Albumen print | 23.6 x 18.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852540
![A young man [from 'The School of Athens']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/5/4/821606-1536069286.jpg?itok=bTdsquQJ "A young man [from 'The School of Athens']")
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A photograph of a drawing by Carlo Maratti now in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle (RCIN 904255). The drawing reproduces the young man leaning over to the right, pointing with his left hand as he discusses geometry with others pupils of Euclid (or Archimedes) in the lower right corner of Raphael's School of Athens, painted in c.1509-10 in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican.
Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
23.6 x 18.4 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
B(R) : Blunt, A.F. & Cooke, H.L., 1960. The Roman Drawings of the XVII and XVIII Centuries in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen at Windsor Castle, London no. 396
