Vatican Frescoes
Vatican Frescoes
AGOSTINO DEI MUSI (C. 1490-AFTER 1536)
Isaac blesses Jacob
dated 1522-1524Engraving | 22.7 x 30.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853451
An engraving believed to be after a lost preparatory design by Raphael for the fresco 'Isaac blesses Jacob' painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the fifth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Lettered top right 'RAFAEL / URBINAS / INVEN', and signed with the engraver's monogram (Nagler 1423) at lower right. Second state, with the date reinscribed from 1522 to 1524. On watermarked paper. Trimmed on all sides and mounted on another sheet of paper. Not in Ruland (1876).
This print is inscribed 'N Langlois' in ink on the verso, which may indicate the previous ownership of it by the engraver, publisher and print dealer Nicolas Langlois I (1640-1703) or his son, also a print dealer called Nicolas (c.1670-1707).
This print is inscribed 'N Langlois' in ink on the verso, which may indicate the previous ownership of it by the engraver, publisher and print dealer Nicolas Langlois I (1640-1703) or his son, also a print dealer called Nicolas (c.1670-1707).
Creator(s)
Agostino dei Musi (c. 1490-after 1536) (engraver)
After? Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)
[unidentifiable]
22.7 x 30.7 cm (sheet of paper)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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)
p.73, I.10 (entry by Stefania Massari) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
fig.48 (Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985)
pl.117, p.158 (Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008)
