Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, c. 1480-1534)
after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)
Apollo on Parnassus, Surrounded by the Muses and Poets
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Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, c. 1480-1534)
after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)1517/20
Apollo on Parnassus, Surrounded by the Muses and Poets
Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, c. 1480-1534) after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520) →engravingprint
Date
1517/20
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
35.8 × 47.2 cm (14 1/8 × 18 5/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Clarence Buckingham Collection
Famous artworks replicated in print became more famous with each copy. While Marcantonio Raimondi was sued by Albrecht Dürer for illegally copying his woodcuts, he worked directly with Raphael to create printed versions of the master’s paintings and drawings for dissemination. The fresco of Apollo on Parnassus would have been inaccessible even to buyers who could afford this large print, as it was in Pope Julius II’s personal library in the Vatican. The engraving explicitly mentions this; the inscription on the doorway beneath the painting reads Raphael Pinxit in Vaticano, MAF (Raphael painted [the fresco] in the Vatican and Marcantonio made [the engraving].)
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