The frescoes in the Vatican Palace commissioned by Popes Julius II and Leo X
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.
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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Creator(s)
School of Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534) (engraver)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Abel(OT) -
watermark: ladder with a shield [left]annotation: T 7 [verso, along top, in ink]annotation: Tome 15e p.9 no.4 / M[illegible] [illegible] [illegible] T[illegible] da[?] Antonio Lafrery [verso, along bottom, in ink]
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25.4 x 45.4 cm (sheet of paper)
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Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Bible & Holy Scripture
- Old Testament
- Bible & Holy Scripture
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.227 B.LIV.3
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.76, no.I.27 (entry by Stefania Massari)
Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985 fig.26
Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pp.173-194
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