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God appearing to Abraham published 1649
Etching | 20.0 x 26.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853415
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A print after the fresco of God appearing to Abraham painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the fourth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Lettered with Bible quote in Latin (Genesis 15) and attribution of the composition to Raphael. Signed with the engraver's monogram at lower right (see Nagler, IV, no.2360). Numbered on plate at lower right: 14. On watermarked paper. Trimmed within platemark and to an arch along top edge. Not included in Ruland (1876). This print is from a series which was first issued in Sacrae Historiae Acta a Raphael Urbin in Vaticanis xystis ad picturae miraculum expressa, Rome, 1649.
Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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Medium and techniques
Etching
Measurements
20.0 x 26.7 cm (sheet of paper)
Markings
watermark: A four-petalled flower with stem, the letters C [or G?] ATINAVD in a cartouche [centre]
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Ruland : Ruland, C., 1876. The Works of Raphael Santi da Urbino as represented in the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by the Prince Consort, 1853-1861 and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Weimar – Ruland p.216 B.XIV.1a(add)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.87, no.VI.15 (entry by Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodino)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.446, G16.16
Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985 fig.39
Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pl.112, p.152
Alternative title(s)
Suspice Coelum, et numera Stellas, si potes, / sic erit semen tuum. credidit Abram Deo. Gen. XV.
