PIETRO SANTI BARTOLI (1635-1700)

The sacrifice of Cain and Abel

published 1675

Etching | 7.9 x 23.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853651

An etching by Pietro Santi Bartoli reproducing, in reverse, the almost entirely destroyed fresco 'The sacrifice of Cain and Abel' painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the basamento of the second bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Lettered with Bible quote in Latin (Genesis 4). Numbered, in reverse, on plate at lower right: 2. Annotated below this in ink: 2. Trimmed within platemark. Published in 'Imagines veteris ac novi Testamenti in Vaticani Palatii' (1675).

According to Dacos (see Bibliographic References), the basamento paintings of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican were executed in grisaille and imitated bronze reliefs.

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Pietro Santi Bartoli (1635-1700) (etcher)

After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
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7.9 x 23.4 cm (sheet of paper)
Deus reiectis Cain muneribus: Abel dona suscipit. Abel a Cain interficitur Genes.IV.
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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- Religion & Theology
  
  Religions and faiths
  
  Christianity
  
  Bible & Holy Scripture
  
  Old Testament
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.111, no.XVIII.2 (entry by Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodino) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)

fig.26 (Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985)

pp.173-194 (Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008)

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The sacrifice of Cain and Abel

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