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      J VIVARES (ACTIVE C. 1812)

      A combat of nude men

      dated 1 May 1812

      Lithograph | 47.2 x 34.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852576

      A facsimile of a drawing by Raphael (c.1509) now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.552r). Lettered with title and production details. Published in W.Y. Ottley's Italian School of Design, London 1823.

      The drawing is a preparatory study for the bas-relief in grisaille under the statue of Apollo on the left side of Raphael's School of Athens, painted in c.1509-10 in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican.

      • Creator(s)

        J Vivares (active c. 1812) (printmaker)

        After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

        Ottley, W.Y.: 43 Frith Street, Soho (publisher)

      • 47.2 x 34.2 cm (sheet of paper)

        39.8 x 30.0 cm (image)

      • A Study for the Basso-relievo on the pedestal of the Statue of Apollo in the celebrated Freco of the School of Athens.

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

      • Subject(s)
        • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
          • Plastic arts
            • Sculpture
              • Reliefs
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • prints
      • Bibliographic reference(s)

        Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.190, no.233r

        Other number(s)

        Ruland p.193 D.123

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