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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