The frescoes in the Vatican Palace commissioned by Popes Julius II and Leo X
Nicolas Chaperon (1612-c. 1656)
The baptism of Christ published 1649
Etching | 21.6 x 39.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853633
A print after the fresco The baptism of Christ painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the thirteenth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Lettered with Bible quote in Latin (Mark 1) and attribution of the composition to Raphael. Signed with the engraver's monogram at lower right (see Nagler, IV, no.2360). Numbered on plate at lower right: 51. On watermarked paper. Trimmed within platemark. 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.
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.
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Creator(s)
Nicolas Chaperon (1612-c. 1656) (etcher)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Jesus Christ -
watermark: The letters CATINAVD; four-leaf clover [centre, right]
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21.6 x 39.0 cm (sheet of paper)
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Venit Jesus, à Nazareth, et Baptizatus: / est à Johanne in Iordane.Marc.C.I
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Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Life of Christ
- Public Life of Christ
- Baptism of Christ
- Public Life of Christ
- Bible & Holy Scripture
- New Testament
- Life of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.225 B.LI.1a(add)
Bibliographic reference(s)
Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.89, no.VI.52 (entry by Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodino)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.449, G16.53
Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985 fig.112
Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pl.149, p.191
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