1768-1799
GUSN-17459
Interior scene showing Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle in center, surrounded by groups of other philosophers and mathematicians. Lower left foreground, Pythagoras writes in book; at right, Euclid with a compass demonstrates to four young men. Scene framed by arch with the inscription: "Raphael in aedibus santius, vatica pinx nis". Engraving copied from Raphael painting--1510.
engravings (prints)
ink
paper (fiber product)
Engraving
Beneath image at left: ""Joseph Cades delineavit"" and at right ""Joannes Volpato sculpsit, et vindit Romae""
Volpato, Giovanni, 1740-1803 (Maker)
After Raphael (Italian painter, architect, 1483-1520) (Artist)
Italy
27 1/4 x 35 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the children of Arthur and Susan Cabot Lyman
1978.4.1
Massachusetts (United States)
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