Euclid instructing his pupils 1 - 1 Mar 1812
Aquatint with etching | 33.1 x 40.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852565
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A facsimile of a drawing by Raphael (c.1509) now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.194). Lettered with title and production details. Published in W.Y. Ottley's Italian School of Design, London 1823.
The drawing reproduced in this print is a preliminary study for the group of figures occurring in the right foreground of Raphael's School of Athens, painted in c.1509-10 in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. It is now generally thought that the stooping figure drawing a geometric figure with the aid of a compass is Euclid, who (according to Vasari) is depicted in the likeness of Bramante.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Aquatint with etching
Measurements
33.1 x 40.4 cm (sheet of paper)
25.2 x 33.1 cm (image)
30.3 x 36.5 cm (platemark)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.189, no.228r
Alternative title(s)
A Study for the Group of Archimedes & his disciples in the School of Athens.