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Theodor Langer (active 1875)
The Sacrifice of Abraham [from the Stanza di Eliodoro] published 1875
Engraving | 39.4 x 55.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852752
![The Sacrifice of Abraham [from the Stanza di Eliodoro]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/9/b/759719-1527589385.jpg?itok=8leVZd3n "The Sacrifice of Abraham [from the Stanza di Eliodoro]")
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A print reproducing one of the four paintings in the vault of the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican. Lettered with engraver's name. From Raphael Santi's Decken-Gemälde der Stanza dell'Eliodoro im Vatican, a series of plates by T. Langer and L. Gruner (after designs by Niccolo Consoni) reproducing the four main ceiling paintings of the Stanza di Eliodoro. The series was published in 1875.
The scene reproduced in this print shows the Bible story of The Sacrifice of Abraham; it is painted above the wall-painting of The Mass at Bolsena.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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39.4 x 55.2 cm (sheet of paper)
31.2 x 47.7 cm (platemark)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.52, under no.V.11 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.405, no.F.12.6.2
