Raphael

Pio Sexto Pont. Max Bornarum Artium Restitutori ac Vindici D.D.D. [The School of Athens]

Rome: c.1768. Notes: A fine engraving of the Raphael fresco of the various great minds that made up the "School of Athens" during the mid 18th century. The interior scene shows Greek philosophers Plato (left) and Aristotle (right) in the center, surrounded by groups of other philosophers and mathematicians. In the lower left foreground, Pythagoras writes in a book; at right, Euclid demonstrates a compass to four young men. The scene is framed by an arch with the inscription: "Raphael in aedibus santius, vatica pinx nis".
Other figures that are believed to be represented are:
Zeno of Citium, Epicurus, Heraclitus, the "weeping" philosopher, Democritus, the "laughing" philosopher, Boethius, Averroes, Alcibiades, Antisthenes, Raphael, Aeschines, Socrates, Michelangelo, Diogenes of Sinope, Plotinus, Zoroaster, Ptolemy and Protogenes., Image Size : 515x733 (mm), 20.28x28.86 (Inches), Platemark Size : 565x741 (mm), 22.24x29.17 (Inches), Paper Size : 618x860 (mm), 24.33x33.86 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Medium: Copper Engraving, Categories: Views Europe Italy; Architectural General;. Very Good. Item #P4456

Notes: A fine engraving of the Raphael fresco of the various great minds that made up the "School of Athens" during the mid 18th century. The interior scene shows Greek philosophers Plato (left) and Aristotle (right) in the center, surrounded by groups of other philosophers and mathematicians. In the lower left foreground, Pythagoras writes in a book; at right, Euclid demonstrates a compass to four young men. The scene is framed by an arch with the inscription: "Raphael in aedibus santius, vatica pinx nis".
Other figures that are believed to be represented are:
Zeno of Citium, Epicurus, Heraclitus, the "weeping" philosopher, Democritus, the "laughing" philosopher, Boethius, Averroes, Alcibiades, Antisthenes, Raphael, Aeschines, Socrates, Michelangelo, Diogenes of Sinope, Plotinus, Zoroaster, Ptolemy and Protogenes., Image Size : 515x733 (mm), 20.28x28.86 (Inches), Platemark Size : 565x741 (mm), 22.24x29.17 (Inches), Paper Size : 618x860 (mm), 24.33x33.86 (Inches), Coloring: Black & White, Medium: Copper Engraving, Categories: Views Europe Italy; Architectural General;.

Price: $1,750.00