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Joseph Arnold Demannez (1826-1902)

Head of a muse [from the 'Parnassus'] c.1846-76

Engraving | 24.8 x 17.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852468

Head of a muse [from the 'Parnassus']

Joseph Arnold Demannez (1826-1902)

Head of a muse [from the 'Parnassus'] c.1846-76

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Description

A print reproducing the head and shoulders of the second standing muse to the left of Apollo in the fresco of Parnassus, painted by Raphael in c.1510-11 in the Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican. Lettered with title and production details.

Provenance

Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Joseph Arnold Demannez (1826-1902)
(engraver)

After
Search the collection Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
(artist)

Search the collection Luigi Calamatta, direxit (1801-69)
(director)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Engraving

engraving

Measurements

24.8 x 17.9 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Category
General Subject Prints
Object type(s)
visual works
prints
Subject(s)
Religion & Theology
Religions and faiths
Religions of antiquity
Classical mythology
Muses
Places
Europe
Greece
Mount Parnassus [Greece]
Italy
Lazio [Italy]
Rome [Lazio]
Vatican City [Rome]
Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
Vatican-Stanza della Segnatura-Parnassus
References

Other number(s)

Ruland : Ruland, C., 1876. The Works of Raphael Santi da Urbino as represented in the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by the Prince Consort, 1853-1861 and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Weimar – Ruland p.186 C.I.34

Alternative title(s)

Muse.

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