NICOLAS CHAPERON (1612-C.1656)

God creating the Sun and Moon

published 1649

Etching | 19.4 x 32.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853352

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 attribution of the composition to Raphael. Signed with the engraver's monogram at lower right (see Nagler, IV, no.2360). Numbered on plate at lower right: 3. On watermarked paper. Not included in Ruland (1876). This print is from a series which was first issued in 'Sacrae Historiae Acta a Raphael Urbin in Vaticanis xystis ad picturae miraculum expressa', Rome, 1649.

Creator(s)

Nicolas Chaperon (1612-c.1656) (etcher)

After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
A four-petalled flower with stem, the letters C [or G?] ATINAVD in a cartouche
19.4 x 32.3 cm (sheet of paper)
Fecit duo luminaria magna, et posuit in Firmamento, ut lucerent super terram. Gen.C.I.
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
  Religions and faiths
  Christianity
  Bible & Holy Scripture
  Old Testament
Bibliographic reference(s)

p.86, no.VI.4 (entry by Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodino) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)

p.445, G16.5 (Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001)

fig.10 (Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985)

pl.101, p.141 (Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008)

Vatican Frescoes

God creating the Sun and Moon

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