The School of Athens

1779

Giovanni Volpato, Artist Giuseppe Cades, Artist Raphael, Artist Calcografia Nazionale, Publisher

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About the Artwork

Title The School of Athens

Artwork Date 1779

Makers Giovanni Volpato (Artist) Italian, 1733-1803 Giuseppe Cades (Artist) Italian, 1750-1799 Raphael (Artist) Italian, 1483-1520 Calcografia Nazionale (Publisher) Italian

Medium Engraving printed in black ink on wove paper

Dimensions Plate: 22 3/8 × 29 1/4 inches (56.8 × 74.3 cm) Sheet: 30 3/4 × 42 3/4 inches (78.1 × 108.6 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 09.1S1210

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Inscriptions Inscribed, in plate, as part of the image, upper left: RAPHAEL | SANTIVS | PINX Inscribed, upper right: IN AEDIBVS | VATICA | NIS. Inscribed, lower left: Joseph Cades delineavit Inscribed, lower right: Joannes Volpato sculpsit et vendit Romae Inscribed, lower center: P10 SEXTO PONT. MAX. | BONARVM ARTIVM RESTITVTORI AC VINDICI D.D.D. Inscribed, lower left: Roma, presso la Calcografia Camerale Inscribed, lower right: JOANNES VOLPATO Inscribed, in brown ink, lower left corner: No 1210. The School of Athens. By - Giovanni Volpato.

Marks Watermark: P. M. Drystamp, within plate mark, lower right corner: REGIA CALCOGRAFIA DI ROMA (in circle) (Lugt 2144)

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Mrs. James E. Scripps

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

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Giovanni Volpato; after Giuseppe Cades; after Raphael, The School of Athens, 1779, engraving printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1210.