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After Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534)
Philosophy after 1515
Engraving | 16.9 x 14.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852580
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An anonymous reversed copy of an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi (RCIN 852579), thought to derive from a lost design by Raphael related to Philosophy, the bas-relief grisaille painted under the niched statue of Minerva on the right side of The School of Athens.
A drawing in the Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.514 E) is believed to be a copy after the lost original by Raphael. A photograph of the drawing can be found at RCIN 852577. Raphael further represented the subject of Philosophy in a roundel on the ceiling above the School of Athens.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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16.9 x 14.3 cm (sheet of paper)
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Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.42, under no.VI.3 (entry by Stefania Massari)
