Artist: Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (Italy, 1483 – 1520). After a fresco painted by Raphael in Vatican.
Intermediary draughtsman: Jean Marie Saint-Eve (French, 1810 - 1856), draftsman and engraver.
Engraver: Louis-Auguste Darodes (French, 1809-1879).
Title: Philosophia.
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Inscribed top left and right: "CAUSARUM", "COGNITIO" [on a stone tablets held by putti]; inscribed "MORALIS" on the book held by female figurine representing Philosophy; inscribed below it in the middle: "PHILOSOPHIA" [in a cartouche]; inscribed below the image in the middle: "Verlag von Stammler & Karlstein, in Vienna / Reproduction reserved."; signed below in the middle: "Dessiné par J. M. S.ᵗ Eve, d'après la fresque de Raphaël au Vatican. grave par Darodes. Imprimé & Publie par GOUPIL & Cᴵᴱ le 1.ᵉʳ 8.ᵇʳᵉ 1863 / PARIS. LONDRES. BRUXELLES. LA HAYE. Berlin_Verlag von Goupil & C.ᵒ New-York_Published by M. Knœdler.
Dimensions: Image 18" x 16 1/4". Platemark 23 3/4" x 19". Sheet 28 1/2" x 22".
Printer: Goupil & Co. (Paris active 1827 - 1919).
Publisher: M. Knoedler, New York, Stammler & Karlstein (Wien).
Date: 1863.
Materials and Techniques: Etching and engraving on wove paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Tears, lost corners, foxing, wear. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonné: J.-L. Bourgeois. Notice sur Jean-Marie Saint-Eve, graveur. Lyon, 1860. P.14.
Part of: The present engraving shows one of the four tondi with the allegories of poetry, theology, justice and philosophy from the ceiling of the Room of the Segnatura painted by Raphael and the workshop.
Museums and Libraries: Hamburger Kunsthalle has three engravings from series of four: Poesis 20624a, Justitia 20624c, and Theologia 20624b. Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon possesses the same three imprints (The "Philosophia" is missing): Poesis(F19SAI009506), Iustitia
(F19SAI009507) Theologia (F19SAI009505).
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Italian School XVI C. French School XIX C.
Acknowledgement: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the Hamburger Kunsthalle collection.