Euclid's Head, Domenico Cunego, 1782, Graphic Art, Copper Engraving, Euclid (c. 300 BC) was one of the greatest mathematicians in history. In this print he is seen leaning over forward, but in fact this head is only a detail. Domenico Cunego has based his etching on a similar drawing by Raphael Mengs. Mengs’s father had great artistic ambitions for his son. And so from 1741 to 1744 he shut the boy in the Vatican from morning to evening so that he should practise and draw after the works of Raphael (1483-1520) and others. It is to be hoped that Mengs derived some benefit from his efforts, as he was in Rome again some 15 years later. This time he brought with him a commission for a painted copy of Raphael’s, School of Athens, in the Vatican., Paper, Color, Printer's ink, Copper engraving, Printet, Height (plate size) 495 mm, Height (paper size) 515 mm, Width (plate size) 350 mm, Width (paper size) 370 mm, Eques. Ant. Raph. Mengs delin., dom. cunego sculp. Rome 1782, BRAMANTIS LAZARI Archi. efegies sub Archimedes, specie a RAPH. SANCT. Urb. depicta in aed Vatic., Graphic Design, European, Enlightenment (1690 - 1800)
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