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    NICHOLAS DE LARMESSIN III (1684-1755)

    St John the Evangelist

    c.1729

    Engraving with etching | 49.0 x 34.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851547

    A print after a painting attributed on plate to Raphael when in the Cabinet du Roy, France. The painting is now in the Musée du Château de Versailles (MV 7717). In his Raphael Collection catalogue (1876), Ruland listed the painting as being then in the Museum at Marseilles. Lettered with title and production details. Published in Recueil Crozat, Paris 1729, plate 18.

    • Creator(s)

      Nicholas de Larmessin III (1684-1755) (engraver)

      After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    • 49.0 x 34.2 cm (sheet of paper)

      37.3 x 26.1 cm (image)

      42.4 x 27.6 cm (platemark)

    • St. Jean l'Evangeliste

    • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

    • Subject(s)
      • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
        • Biological sciences
          • Zoology
            • Animals
              • Birds
                • Birds of prey
                  • Eagles
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • prints
    • Other number(s)

      Ruland p.117 B.XI.1

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