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Moses presents the Tablets of the Law dated 1773
Engraving | 26.9 x 43.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853559
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A print by Giovanni Battista de'Cavalieri generally thought to reproduce, in reverse, a drawing in the Louvre (inv.no.3913) which itself is considered a copy after a lost modello (by either Raphael or Giovanni Francesco Penni) for the fresco Moses presents the Tablets of the Law painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the ninth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Lettered with scriptural reference (Exodus 33), attribution of the composition to Raphael, the engraver's signature and publication details. Reprint by Carlo Losi, dated 1773.
Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving
Measurements
26.9 x 43.8 cm (sheet of paper)
26.1 x 43.3 cm (platemark)
Markings
annotation: Top / T156; 156 [verso, centre; bottom left, in ink]
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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.75, no.I.23 (entry by Stefania Massari)
Cordellier/Py 1992 : Raphael : son atelier, ses copistes, 1992 / par Dominique Cordellier et Bernadette Py, Paris (Inventaire general des dessins Italiens ; V / sous la direction de Francoise Viatte) p.429, no.707
Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 p.222, fig.96
