Identities of the figures in the fresco of The School of Athens in the Stanza della Segnatgura, Vatican (after Raphael)
Giovanni Volpato (Angarano 1740 - Rome 1803)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
325 mm (H)460 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1252675
Summary
Print, engraving, Identities of the figures in the fresco of The School of Athens in the Stanza della Segnatgura, Vatican (after Raphael) by Giovanni Volpato (Angarano 1740 - Rome 1803) Inscribed: 'Effigies cognitae, in Scholae Atheniensis Tabula depictae, figillatim propriis nominibus indicantur' of classical philosophers. 1. Alcibiades (c.450-404BC) 2. Socrates (469-399 BC) 3.Nicomaeus Hierasenus 4. Francisco Maria della Rovere Duke of Urbino (1490-1538 ) . 5.Terpander (fl.7th century BC). 6. Alexander the Great (356 – 323 BC), 7.Plato (c.428-c.348 BC) . 8. Aristotle (384-322 BC). 9. Cardinal Pietro Bembo (1470-1547). 10. Averroes Arab philosopher (Ibn Rushd) (1126-1198). 11.Aspasia (c. 470 BC - c. 400 BC. 12. Pythagoras (c. 580 BC - c. 500 BC). 13. Epictetus (c.60 - after 100 AD). 14. Diogenes (412-323 BC) . 15 Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1500 - 1540) 16. Joannes della Casa Antistes 17. Zoroaster 18. Raphael (1483–1520) . 19.Petrus Peruainis 20. Bramante (1444-1514). 21 Epicharmus Cous 22. Archytas (428-347BC). 23. Empedocles (c.490–430 BC).
Marks and inscriptions
Effigies cognitae, in Scholae Atheniensis Tabula depictae, figillatim propriis nominibus indicantur
Makers and roles
Giovanni Volpato (Angarano 1740 - Rome 1803), engraver (printmaker) after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520), original artist