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God creating the Animals c.1520-60
Engraving | 27.9 x 42.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853363
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A reversed copy of an anonymous engraving after the fresco of God creating the Animals painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the first bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Stamped with an unidentified collector's mark (possibly Lugt 2168). On watermarked paper.
This engraving is a reversed copy of RCIN 853362. Suggestions have been made that it might be attributed to Marco Dente (see Massari in Raphael Invenit 1985, p.72, I.2).Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving
Measurements
27.9 x 42.0 cm (sheet of paper)
Markings
watermark: Anchor [centre left]
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Tauriscus 1819 : Tauriscus, E, 1819. Catalogues des estampes gravees d'apres Rafael, Frankurt p.79, III.2.a
Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.72, I.2 (entry by Stefania Massari)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.126, G.1.2
Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985 fig.10
Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pl.102, p.141
