Vatican Frescoes
JOHANN FRIEDRICH WILHELM MÜLLER (1782-1816)
The Temptation of Adam and Eve
c. 1813Engraving 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 (1483-1520) (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
- Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Lazio [Italy]
- Italy
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Places
Bibliographic reference(s)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 pp.390-91, nos. F.6.16-16D
Other number(s)
Ruland p.196 F.V.3
