Philosophy, a draped figure seated among clouds, holding books, caryatids and putti holding tablets to either side, after a fresco by Raphael on the ceiling of the Camera della Segnatura, Stanze of the Vatican
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Raphael Morghen|Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)
Artist bio: Italian, Naples 1758–1833 Florence|Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome
Artist role: Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian
Date: 1781
Medium: Engraving; first state of four
Dimensions: Plate: 16 7/16 × 15 in. (41.7 × 38.1 cm)
Sheet: 17 1/4 × 15 13/16 in. (43.8 × 40.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Alice C. Taft, Mrs. Marianna F. Taft, Miss Hope Smith, Mrs. Helen Bradley Head, and Brockholst M. Smith, 1945
Accession year: 1945