Genre
A sacrifice
dated 1793Etching | RCIN 852355
An etching reproducing a drawing of a sacrifice. This print is lettered with the name of Raphael (identified as the inventor of this composition), signed and dated by the printmaker.
The etching was made by Charles Paul Jean-Baptiste de Bourgevin Vialart de Saint-Morys after the drawing, which was then in his possession. Vialart de Saint-Morys was a collector of Old Master drawings and amateur printmaker who published two groups of prints after drawings in his own collection, the first group dated 1780-89 and the second 1792-94.
The etching was made by Charles Paul Jean-Baptiste de Bourgevin Vialart de Saint-Morys after the drawing, which was then in his possession. Vialart de Saint-Morys was a collector of Old Master drawings and amateur printmaker who published two groups of prints after drawings in his own collection, the first group dated 1780-89 and the second 1792-94.
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-1876)
