SCHOOL OF MARCANTONIO RAIMONDI (C. 1480-1534)

The sacrifice of Cain and Abel

c.1544

Engraving | 25.4 x 45.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853653

An engraving 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. First state. For an impression of the second state of this print, which is dated 1544, see RCIN 853652. On watermarked paper (see Woodward, nos. 243-258).

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

Creator(s)

School of Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534) (engraver)

After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
ladder with a shield

T 7

Tome 15e p.9 no.4 / M[illegible] [illegible] [illegible] T[illegible] da[?] Antonio Lafrery
25.4 x 45.4 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
  
  Religions and faiths
  
  Christianity
  
  Bible & Holy Scripture
  
  Old Testament
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.76, no.I.27 (entry by Stefania Massari) (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)

Vatican Frescoes

The sacrifice of Cain and Abel

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