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Alexander Preserving the Works of Homer published 1830
Etching | 11.0 x 16.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852521
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An outline-etching reproducing the composition of a small grisaille fresco painted beneath the Parnassus in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. Lettered with title and location of the work. Lettered at upper centre above image: I. Published in Montagnani, Illustrazione storico-pittorica con incisioni a contorni delle pitture nelle stanze vaticane di Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, Rome 1830, plate 6.
In the Ashmolean Museum is kept a drawing of this subject attributed to Raphael (inv. no.WA1935.152), later engraved by Marcantonio Raimondi in c.1520. For a first state impression of Marcantonio's engraving and further discussion, see RCIN 852517.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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11.0 x 16.5 cm (sheet of paper)
14.3 cm (Width) (platemark)
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Ritrovamento de' Libri Sibillini nel sepolcro / di Numa