Vatican Frescoes
JOSEPH KAREL DE MEULEMEESTER (BRUGES 1771-ROME 1836)
God creating the Sun and Moon
c.1806-1836Engraving | 38.1 x 63.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853351
A print after the fresco of God creating Sun and Moon painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the first bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Lettered with Bible quote in Latin (Genesis 1) and production details. Numbered on plate at upper right: 111.
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 3 from Les Loges de Raphael, 1845 (see Bibliographic References).
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 3 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)
Paris : Gide (publisher)
Brussels: A Lacrosse (publisher)
38.1 x 63.7 cm (sheet of paper)
30.8 x 57.3 cm (platemark)
FECIT...DVO LVMINARIA MAGNA. Gen.1.
- 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
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985 fig.10
Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pl.101, p.141
Other number(s)
Ruland p.213 B.III.1
