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Johann Gottlieb Prestel (1739-1808)
Group of figures turned to the left dated 1778
Aquatint with etching | 33.1 x 26.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853178
Johann Gottlieb Prestel (1739-1808)
Group of figures turned to the left dated 1778
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A facsimile of a drawing attributed on plate to Raphael then in the Praun Collection at Nuremberg. Trimmed along all edges. Published in Johann Gottlieb Prestel, Dessins des meilleurs Peintres d'Italie, d'Allemagne, et des Pays-Bas, du Cabinet de Monsieur Paul de Praun à Nuremberg, 1780, plate 21. Another (untrimmed) impression dated 1778 can be found at RCIN 853179.
The composition corresponds with the right half of Raphael's tapestry cartoon of The Sacrifice at Lystra, designed in c.1515-16 for one the Sistine Chapel tapestries commissioned by Pope Leo X (see RCIN 912949).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
Aquatint with etching
Measurements
33.1 x 26.9 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.490, no.H 8.2
