The Parnassus c.1848-73
Engraving | 67.7 x 87.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852460
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A print reproducing the fresco of the Parnassus, painted by Raphael in c.1510-11 in the Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican. Lettered with production details. With coat of arms at lower centre (related to the Kingdom of Saxony) and head of Dante in profile at lower right. Annotated in pencil on both sides. Not in Ruland (1876).
Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving
Measurements
67.7 x 87.4 cm (sheet of paper)
56.1 x 73.3 cm (platemark)
Markings
annotation: p.185. I.2a. [front, lower left, in pencil]
annotation: Pf.25. C.I.2a / 852460 [back, lower right corner, in pencil]
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.36, no.II.9 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini)
Chapman/Plazzotta/Henry 2004 : Chapman, H, Plazzotta, C, Henry, T. Raphael. From Urbino to Rome. London, 2004 pp.51-5, fig.38