Collection Parnassus

Parnassus

Giovanni Volpato, Artist Raphael, Artist Stefano Tofanelli, Artist Calcografia Nazionale, Publisher
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About the Artwork

Parnassus

between 1733 and 1803

Giovanni Volpato (Artist) Italian, 1733-1803 Raphael (Artist) Italian, 1483-1520 Stefano Tofanelli (Artist) Italian, 1752-1812 Calcografia Nazionale (Publisher) Italian

Engraving printed in black ink on wove paper

Plate: 5 1/8 × 29 5/8 inches (13 × 75.2 cm) Sheet: 28 3/4 × 40 1/4 inches (73 × 102.2 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S1215

This work is in the public domain.

Markings

Inscribed, in plate, upper left as part of the image: RAPHAEL | SANCTIVS | PINX Inscribed, upper right: IN AEDIBVS | VATICA | NIS Inscribed, lower left: Steph. Tofanelli del. Inscribed, lower right: Joannes Volpato sculpsit, et vendit Romae. Inscribed, lower center: PIO SEXTO PONT. MAX. Inscribed, lower right: JOANNES VOLPATO D.D.D. | V Inscribed, in black ink, lower left corner: No 1215. The Parnassus. - by Giovanni Volpato.

Drystamp, lower right corner of the plate mark: REGIA CALCOGRAFIA DI ROMA (Lugt 2144)

Provenance

Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Giovanni Volpato; after Raphael; after Stefano Tofanelli, Parnassus, between 1733 and 1803, engraving printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1215.

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