Vatican Frescoes
Vatican Frescoes
ANTONIO SUNTACH (1744-1828)
The Expulsion from Paradise
c.1764-1818Engraving with etching | 24.0 x 26.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853379
A print after the fresco of the 'Expulsion from Paradise' painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the second bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Lettered with Bible quote in Latin (Genesis III) and numbered on plate at upper left: No. IV. Lettered with attribution of the design to Raphael and printmaker's name. Trimmed to platemark and mounted on a sheet of paper.
Creator(s)
Antonio Suntach (1744-1828) (printmaker)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
24.0 x 26.4 cm (sheet of paper)
21.6 x 25.3 cm (platemark)
EJECITQUE ADAM ET COLLOCAVIT ANTE PARADISUM VOLUPTATIS CHERUBIM ET FLAMMEUM GLADIUM
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Bible & Holy Scripture
- Old Testament
- Bible & Holy Scripture
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.426, G 2.3 (Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001)
fig.24 (Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985)
pl.105, p.144 (Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008)
