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Vatican Frescoes

      AGOSTINO DEI MUSI (C. 1490-AFTER 1536)

      Isaac blesses Jacob

      dated 1522-1524

      Engraving | 21.6 x 29.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853450

      An engraving believed to be after a lost preparatory design by Raphael for the fresco 'Isaac blesses Jacob' painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the fifth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Lettered top right 'RAFAEL / URBINAS / INVEN', and signed with the engraver's monogram at lower right (Nagler 1423). Trimmed irregularly inside platemark. Second state, with the date reinscribed from 1522 to 1524.

      • Creator(s)

        Agostino dei Musi (c. 1490-after 1536) (engraver)

        After? Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)

      • 21.6 x 29.7 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.73, I.10 (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.48 (Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985)

        pl.117, p.158 (Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008)

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