Moses and the burning bush

published 1649

Etching | 22.6 x 27.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853518

A print after the fresco 'Moses and the burning bush' painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the eight bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Trimmed within platemark. On watermarked paper. Remants of blue paper backing adhered to the verso. 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)
No 30) ; 03 [pencil, written over in red pencil:] 31 ; Raphael / Chaperon fr. / d

fleur de lys in a circle
22.6 x 27.2 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
  Religions and faiths
  Christianity
  God (Christianity)
  God the Father
  Bible & Holy Scripture
  Old Testament
Bibliographic reference(s)

p.88, no.VI.31 (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.447, G16.32 (Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001)

fig.70 (Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985)

pl.128, p.170 (Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008)

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Moses and the burning bush

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