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Johann Gottlieb Prestel (1739-1808)
Studies for 'The School of Athens' published 1779
Aquatint with etching | 28.0 x 39.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852555
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A facsimile of a drawing by Raphael (c.1509) now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.4883); reproduced in reverse. With printmaker's name and date (17?) at lower right. Trimmed along lower edge. Published in J.G. Prestel, Dessins des meilleurs peintres des Pais-Bas d'Allemagne et d'Italie du Cabinet de Monsieur G.T. Schmidt, Vienna 1779, plate 28.
The drawing reproduced in this print is a preparatory study for the left-hand group in The School of Athens, painted by Raphael in c.1509-10 in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Aquatint with etching
Measurements
28.0 x 39.1 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.379, no.F 2.14
