NICOLAS CHAPERON (1612-C. 1656)

The Disembarkation from the Ark

published 1649

Etching | 22.8 x 25.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853396

A print after the fresco of The Disembarkation from the Ark painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the third bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. On watermarked paper. Trimmed along all edges, some traces of mount at corners. 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 (1483-1520) (artist)
watermark: Indistinct

annotation: 13 [back, lower centre, written in pencil and red ink]

annotation: Raphael. / Chaperon Sc. / d [back, lower right, written in pencil]
22.8 x 25.5 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
  Religions and faiths
  Christianity
  Bible & Holy Scripture
  Old Testament
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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.87, no.VI.12 (entry by Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodino)

Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.446, G 16.13

Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985 fig.33

Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pl.109, p.149

Other number(s)

Ruland p.215 B.XI.1a(add)

The Disembarkation from the Ark

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