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Copy after Raphael’s ceiling fresco representing ‘Philosophy’ in the Stanza della Segnatura (Vatican Palace, Rome,1509-11), 1864

Cesari Mariannecci

1864

watercolor

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Impressionism Realism Late 19th Century Allegory

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Copy after Raphael’s ceiling fresco representing ‘Philosophy’ in the Stanza della Segnatura (Vatican Palace, Rome,1509-11), 1864 is a 1864 watercolor by Cesari Mariannecci, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: Cesari Mariannecci
When & what style?: 1864 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

Cesare Mariannecci’s 1864 watercolour is a careful copy of Raphael’s 1509–11 fresco. The Arundel Society hired him to make these copies. Eight scenes total were copied between 1864 and 1868. This one later became a printed image in 1867 and 1871. The Arundel Society gave it to the National Gallery, which passed it to the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1993. Check out the artist Cesare Mariannecci.

The story of this work

Overview

Cesare Mariannecci’s 1864 watercolour reproduces Raphael’s ceiling medallion *Philosophy* from the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican Palace, depicting a crowned female figure seated on a marble throne adorned with Egyptian motifs, flanked by two putti holding inscribed plaques. The central figure holds two books labeled *Naturalis* and *Moralis*, while her garments feature designs symbolizing the four classical elements, set against a mosaic-style background framed by a painted marble circle with grotesque ornamentation and Della Rovere acorn medallions. Signed and dated “C. Mariannecci…

Read the full account in the museum source.