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Vatican Frescoes

      WILLIAM YOUNG OTTLEY (1771-1836)

      Euclid instructing his pupils

      1 - 1 Mar 1812

      Aquatint with etching | 33.1 x 40.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852565

      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.

      • Creator(s)

        William Young Ottley (1771-1836) (etcher)

        Frederick Christian Lewis (1779-1856) (aquatinter)

        After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

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

        Subject(s)

        Euclid (active 300 BC)

      • 33.1 x 40.4 cm (sheet of paper)

        25.2 x 33.1 cm (image)

        30.3 x 36.5 cm (platemark)

      • A Study for the Group of Archimedes & his disciples in the School of Athens.

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

      • Subject(s)
        • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
          • Mathematics
            • Geometry
        • Places
          • Europe
            • Italy
              • Lazio [Italy]
                • Rome [Lazio]
                  • Vatican City [Rome]
                    • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                      • Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
                        • Vatican-Stanza della Segnatura-School of Athens
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • prints
      • Bibliographic reference(s)

        Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.189, no.228r

        Other number(s)

        Ruland p.192 D.112

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