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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

JOHANN FRIEDRICH WILHELM MÜLLER (1782-1816)

The Temptation of Adam and Eve

c.1813

Engraving with etching | 42.0 x 32.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852644

A print reproducing one of the four rectangular frescoes painted on the vault of the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. Lettered with production details and text in German below image. State before dedication. The lettered state with dedication is dated 1813 (see Corinna Höper in 'Raffael und die Folgen', pp.390-91, no.F 6.16A). The fresco reproduced in this print depicts the 'Temptation of Adam and Eve'.
  • Creator(s)

    Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Müller (1782-1816) (engraver)

    After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

    Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Müller (1782-1816) (designer)

  • 42.0 x 32.1 cm (sheet of paper)
    39.6 x 30.3 cm (platemark)

  • Was sich in grauer Vorzeit schon begeben, / Noch taeglich sehen wir's im Leben.

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Italy
          • Lazio [Italy]
            • Rome [Lazio]
              • Vatican City [Rome]
                • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                  • Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
                    • Vatican-Stanza della Segnatura-Ceiling
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    pp.390-91, nos. F.6.16-16D (Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001)