NICOLAS CHAPERON (1612-C. 1656)

The judgement of Solomon

published 1649

Etching | 23.5 x 26.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853612

A print after the fresco The judgement of Solomon painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the twelfth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Lettered with Bible quote in Latin (I Kings 3) 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: 46. 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.

Creator(s)

Nicolas Chaperon (1612-c. 1656) (etcher)

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

Subject(s)

Solomon (OT)
watermark: The letters CATINAVD; four-leaf clover [centre, right]
23.5 x 26.9 cm (sheet of paper)
Ad testem, in iudicio, Naturam uocauit Sapientiss. Salomon / & uera materfilium dimidiari non est passa.Reg.III.C.III.
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.88, no.VI.47 (entry by Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodino)

Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.449, G16.48

Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985 fig.99

Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pl.144, p.187

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Ruland p.225 B.XLVI.1a(add)

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