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      RICHARD DUPPA (1768-1831)

      Set of two prints of heads from 'The Parnassus'

      dated 1798

      Stipple | RCIN 852465

      A set of two prints reproducing the heads and shoulders of two of the figures depicted in the fresco of the Parnassus, painted by Raphael in c.1510-11 in the Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican. Each print is dated (1798) and lettered with title and production details. Published in R. Duppa, The life of Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, London 1816.

      • Creator(s)

        Richard Duppa (1768-1831) (printmaker)

        After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

        Subject(s)

        Homer (active 850 BC?)
      • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

      • Subject(s)
        • Geography
          • Physiography
            • Mountains
        • Religion & Theology
          • Religions and faiths
            • Religions of antiquity
              • Classical mythology
                • Muses
        • People
          • Poets
        • Places
          • Europe
            • Mount Parnassus [Greece]
            • Italy
              • Lazio [Italy]
                • Rome [Lazio]
                  • Vatican City [Rome]
                    • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                      • Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
                        • Vatican-Stanza della Segnatura-Parnassus
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • prints
      • Other number(s)

        Ruland p.185 C.7-8

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