Vatican Frescoes
JOSEPH KAREL DE MEULEMEESTER (BRUGES 1771-ROME 1836)
Esau appears before Isaac
c.1806-1836Engraving | 51.5 x 58.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853453
A print after the fresco 'Esau appears before Isaac' painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the fifth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Lettered with Bible quote in Latin (Genesis 27) and production details. Numbered on plate at upper right: XX.
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 20 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 (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Chardon Ainé et Aze (printer)
Paris : Gide (publisher)
Brussels: A Lacrosse (publisher)
51.5 x 58.3 cm (sheet of paper)
42.5 x 49.2 cm (platemark)
DIXIT ESAV : MIHI QVOQVE OBSECRO VT BENEDICAS.Gen. XXVII
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Bible & Holy Scripture
- Old Testament
- Bible & Holy Scripture
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
fig.49 (Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985)
pl.118, p.159 (Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008)
