Abraham and Melchizedek

c.1806-1836

Engraving | 48.9 x 62.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853409

A print after the fresco of Abraham and Melchizedek 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 14) and production details. Numbered on plate at upper right: XIII. Arched top.

Meulemeester travelled to Rome in 1806 to make engravings after the frescoes of the Raphael Loggia, but died in 1836 with the project unfinished. 51 drawings by Meulemeester after the loggia frescoes survive in the Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. The series was later completed and published in 1845 with an accompanying text by the Baron de Reiffenberg. Plate 13 from Les Loges de Raphael, 1845 (see Bibliographic References).

Creator(s)

Joseph Karel de Meulemeester (Bruges 1771-Rome 1836) (engraver)

After a work by the workshop of Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

Chardon Ainé et Aze (printer)

Luigi Calamatta (1801-69) (director)

Paris : Gide (publisher)

Brussels: A Lacrosse (publisher)

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Abraham(OT)

Melchizedek
48.9 x 62.6 cm (sheet of paper)

42.2 x 48.7 cm (platemark)
MELCHISEDECH... PROFERENS PANEM ET VINVM. Gen XIV.
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
  Religions and faiths
  Christianity
  Bible & Holy Scripture
  Old Testament
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Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985 fig.37

Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pl.111, p.151

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Ruland p.215 B.XIII.1

Vatican Frescoes

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