Heads of a muse [from the 'Parnassus'] c.1700-1800
Stipple | 26.9 x 19.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852466
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An anonymous print reproducing the bust of the muse seated to the left of Apollo in the fresco of Parnassus, painted by Raphael in c.1510-11 in the Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican. Mounted on a backing cardboard by means of two paper strips. Not in Ruland (1876). Annotated in pencil on the front of the backing cardboard.
Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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Medium and techniques
Stipple
Measurements
26.9 x 19.2 cm (sheet of paper)
24.0 x 16.5 cm (platemark)
49.2 x 36.0 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.385, no.F 3.14
Alternative title(s)
CALLIOPE / the first of the Nine Muses who invented the use of / Letters and heroic poetry was represented by Raphael / in his Mount Parnassus