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    THE NETHERLANDS

    Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

    c.1600-1700

    Engraving with etching | 25.7 x 29.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853619

    A print, with variations, after the fresco Solomon and the Queen of Sheba by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the twelfth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Lettered with attribution of the composition to Raphael and Latin text. Trimmed to plate. Ruland (1876) catalogued this engraving as being by an anonymous Dutch master.

    • Creator(s)

      The Netherlands (engraver)

      After a work by the workshop of Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

      Subject(s)

      Solomon (OT)

    • 25.7 x 29.1 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
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • prints
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985 fig.101

      Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pl.146, p.189

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.225 B.XLVII.4

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