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Carlo Maratti (1625-1713)
School of Athens: a figure c.1645-1713
Red chalk | 23.6 x 18.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904255
Carlo Maratti (1625-1713)
School of Athens: a figure c.1645-1713
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A drawing after a figure from Raphael's fresco, the School of Athens in the Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican, Rome. The young man, a pupil of Euclid or Archimedes, is viewed in profile as he leans over to the right, pointing with his left hand. See also RCIN 904252-904254, 904256, 904258-904260.
Provenance
Probably acquired by George III in 1762 as part of the collection of Cardinal Alessandro Albani; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1810 (Inv. A, p. 109: Tom. IV, 'Contains Forty two Drawings in Red Chalk, after the Paintings of Raphael in the Vatican at Rome')
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Medium and techniques
Red chalk
Measurements
23.6 x 18.2 cm (sheet of paper)
