An academy in which men discuss the branches of study required in the education of artists: the antique, anatomy, perspective and geometry Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1728, after Carlo Maratta.

  • Maratti, Carlo, 1625-1713.
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1728
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32740i
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An academy in which men discuss the branches of study required in the education of artists: the antique, anatomy, perspective and geometry Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1728, after Carlo Maratta. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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In the left middle-ground, Leonardo da Vinci conducts an anatomy lesson before an écorché sculpture

Publication/Creation

Romae [Rome] : Apud Iacobum Frey, 1728.

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; platemark 46.8 x 32.1 cm

Lettering

A giovani studiosi del disegno. La scuola del disegno, che s'espone delineata con le presenti figure dal sign. Cavalier Carlo Maratti, puo molto contribuire al'disinganno ... Eques Carolus Maratti inven. et delin. cum privil. summi pont. et regis christ.mi. N. Dorigny sculp. Statues of Apollo, Venus and Hercules are labelled "Non mai abastanza" (never enough). The three Graces are labelled "Senza di noi ogni fatica e vana" (without us all labour is in vain). Studies of anatomy, perspective and geometry are labelled "Tanto che basti" (as much as is sufficient)

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[State with the imprint of J. Frey]

References note

Roger-Armand Weigert, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Cabinet des estampes, tome 3, Paris 1954, p. 501, N. Dorigny no. 97 ('97. L'École de dessin. Parmi les marbres, vers la g. du fond, Léonard de Vinci commente l'anatomie d'un écorché. Au premier plan, un autre maître. Dans les airs, à dr., Vénus et des déesses. En marge: "A giovani studiosi del disegno" et texte de onze lignes. Mêmes noms des artistes et dim. que la précédente pièce [ie. "Eques Carolus Maratti inuen. et delin. cum priuil."; à dr.: "N. Dorigny sculp." and "H. 0m400 x L. 0m302"] ... L'état décrit, 2 épr., … État avec l'adresse de Frey … Tirage moderne du 2e état …. Pièces exécutées sans doute en Italie; de toutes façons avant l'octroi à N. Dorigny de son titre de chevalier.']
Monique Kornell, Flesh and bones: the art of anatomy, Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2022, pp. 40-41

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Wellcome Collection 32740i

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