Set of twenty-four heads from 'The School of Athens' c.1757-85
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Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-four heads from 'The School of Athens' Item: Head of a long-haired youth [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1757-85
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-four heads from 'The School of Athens' Item: Head of Socrates [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1757-85
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-four heads from 'The School of Athens' Item: Heads of two men wearing berets [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1757-85
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-four heads from 'The School of Athens' Item: Head of Plato [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1757-85
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-four heads from 'The School of Athens' Item: Head of Aristotle [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1757-85
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-four heads from 'The School of Athens' Item: Head of Heraclitus [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1757-85
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-four heads from 'The School of Athens' Item: Head of Pythagoras [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1757-85
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-four heads from 'The School of Athens' Item: Head of a man wearing a helmet [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1757-85
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-four heads from 'The School of Athens' Item: Head of a man wearing a turban [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1757-85
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-four heads from 'The School of Athens' Item: Head of a youth [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1757-85
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-four heads from 'The School of Athens' Item: Head of a bearded man [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1757-85
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-four heads from 'The School of Athens' Item: Head of a youth [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1757-85
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-four heads from 'The School of Athens' Item: Head of a bearded man [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1757-85
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-four heads from 'The School of Athens' Item: Head of a child [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1757-85
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-four heads from 'The School of Athens' Item: Head of Euclid [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1757-85
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-four heads from 'The School of Athens' Item: Head of a youth [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1757-85
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-four heads from 'The School of Athens' Item: Head of Diogenes [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1757-85
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-four heads from 'The School of Athens' Item: Head of a youth [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1757-85
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-four heads from 'The School of Athens' Item: Head of a bearded man [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1757-85
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-four heads from 'The School of Athens' Item: Heads of a philosopher [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1757-85
Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Master: Set of twenty-four heads from 'The School of Athens' Item: Heads of a group of philosophers [from 'The School of Athens'] c.1757-85
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A set of twenty-five prints reproducing the heads of some of the figures depicted in the fresco of The School of Athens, painted by Raphael in c.1509-10 in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. Each print is lettered along the bottom margin and numbered at top right. Probably from Tetes choisies de personnages illustres... published by Paolo Fidanza in Rome in 1785.
Paolo Fidanza became famous for publishing six volumes of prints of heads after Raphael between 1757 and 1763.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Etching