Old Testament subjects
Old Testament subjects
CHARLES PAUL LANDON (1760-1826)
A man frightened by the sun and the moon
published 1803Etching | 15.7 x 9.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850197
An outline etching formerly supposed to have been after Raphael, showing a naked man frightened at seeing the moon and the sun at the same time. Lettered with the title and the attribution of the design to Raphael. This print was published as plate 312 in C.P. Landon, 'Vie et Œuvre complète de Raphaël Sanzio', 1803. See RCIN 850196 for an engraving by Adamo Ghisi which could have been the source for this etching. Annotated on the verso.
Creator(s)
Charles Paul Landon (1760-1826) (author)
right top
15.7 x 9.0 cm (sheet of paper)
13.6 x 8.7 cm (image)
Adam sorteau dea maina da Créateur / Schnaeplung Adama / Adam as soon as he was Created
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-1876)
Subject(s)
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Astronomy
- Solar system
- Sun
- Moon
- Crescent moon
- Solar system
- Astronomy
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
