CORNELIUS BOS (C. 1510-BEFORE 1566)

The adoration of the golden calf

dated 1551

Engraving | 15.8 x 20.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853548

An engraving reproducing, with some differences, the fresco 'The adoration of the golden calf' painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the ninth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Lettered with the name of the engraver, the date and the attribution of the composition to Raphael. Also lettered with the scriptural reference (Exodus 32). On watermarked paper. Trimmed to image.

Creator(s)

Cornelius Bos (c. 1510-before 1566) (engraver)

After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
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15.8 x 20.9 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)

III, p.121, no.23. (Hollstein : Hollstein, F.W.H., 1949. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts 1450-1700. 32 vols, Amsterdam)

p.111, no.XVIII.6 (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.77 (Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985)

pl.132, p.175 (Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008)

Vatican Frescoes

The adoration of the golden calf

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