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    LUIGI TRAVALLONI (1814-84)

    Jacob meets Rachel

    c.1834-1874

    Engraving with etching | 60.2 x 66.2 cm (platemark) | RCIN 853472

    A print after the fresco 'Jacob meets Rachel' painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the sixth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Proof state, india laid.

    According to Ruland (1876), this print was made by Luigi Travalloni, a pupil of Paolo Toschi (who was Director of the Accademia in Parma from 1837).

    • Creator(s)

      Luigi Travalloni (1814-84) (engraver)

    • 60.2 x 66.2 cm (platemark)

      62.2 x 79.8 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

    • Subject(s)
      • Religion & Theology
        • Religions and faiths
          • Christianity
            • Bible & Holy Scripture
              • Old Testament
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      fig.55 (Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985)

      pl.120, p.161 (Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008)

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