* Volpato after Raphael The School of Athens (c.2) {1868?} Loc? [PR]

Volpato, Giovanni (1735-1803; Italian), after Raphael (1483-1520; Italian)
The School of Athens
Engraving (with key)
Presented by the Belgian Government, probably 1868
Present location unknown

Unless some confusion had occurred in the records, this appears to have been a second pre-Felton impression of this print: for details and a comparative reproduction, see * Volpato after Raphael The School of Athens {by 1865} Loc? [PR]. The present copy included a key, identifying the main figures in the composition.

Ref.

AR 1870-71, p.34: under Engravings (framed), as donated together with * Desvachez after Raphael: La vierge au livre {1868?} Loc? [PR]; the date of presentation is not noted, but other extant prints donated by the Belgian Government are recorded as presented in 1868: see e.g. Unknown after Rubens Descent from the Cross {1868} NGV [PR]