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Stefano Mulinari (1741-90)
Moses closing the waters of the Red Sea on Pharaoh's army c.1761-80
Etching and lavis | 25.3 x 43.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852794
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A facsimile of a drawing now in the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence. Lettered with artists' names. Numbered at top right: XXII.
This composition is generally thought to have been frescoed in monochrome on a window-embrasure in the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican. A similar drawing is in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle (RCIN 905432). The composition corresponds in reverse with an engraving by Pietro Santi Bartoli; see RCIN 852792.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Etching and lavis
Measurements
25.3 x 43.9 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
P&W : Popham, A.E. & Wilde, J., 1949. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London p.318, under no.814
