Related external works: Realisation

Raffael: Schule von Athen, ca. 1508/1509, Wandfresko, ca. 815 x 575 cm. Palazzo Apostolico, Musei Vaticani, Stanza della Segnatura, Città del Vaticano, Rom

Study of "Diogenes" in the "School of Athens", ca. 1508 – 1510

Blatt: 245 x 284 mm

Physical Description: Silverpoint on paper primed in beige, rose and light-purple, segments of circles drawn with compass before the primer at the top and bottom right edges

Inventory Number: 380

Object Number: 380 Z

Status: Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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About the Work

Raphael drew the figure of Diogenes for the School of Athens fresco after a live model, probably a workshop assistant. In this superb drawing from the Städel, he handled the silverpoint confidently and fluently to convey both surface structures and the incidence of the light. Important anatomical details have been singled out and repeated in isolated studies. In the fresco, Diogenes the unconventional philosopher without needs is seen reading in a relaxed pose: sprawled out on the steps in front of Plato and Aristotle.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Study of "Diogenes" in the "School of Athens"

Draughtsman

Raphael

Production Place

Florence

Period Produced

16th century

School

High Renaissance

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Silverpoint on paper primed in beige, rose and light-purple, segments of circles drawn with compass before the primer at the top and bottom right edges

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

Central Italian

Production Reason

Captions Added Later: Unten rechts Reste einer Beschriftung (mit der Feder in Schwarz), unten linkes Trockenstempel der Sammlung Thomas Lawrence, London (Lugt 2445); verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

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