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      AFTER A WORK BY THE WORKSHOP OF RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

      Joshua crosses the Jordan

      c.1725-65

      Etching with engraving | 54.6 x 68.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853567

      A print reproducing, in reverse, the fresco Joshua crosses the Jordan painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the tenth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Lettered with attribution of the composition to Raphael and publication details. On watermarked paper. Trimmed to image.

      • Creator(s)

        After a work by the workshop of Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

        Robert Hecquet (1693-1775) (printer)

        Subject(s)

        Joshua(OT)

      • watermark: [unidentifiable] [left; right]

      • 54.6 x 68.9 cm (sheet of paper)

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

      • Subject(s)
        • Places
          • Asia
            • Rivers of Asia
              • River Jordan
        • Religion & Theology
          • Religions and faiths
            • Christianity
              • Bible & Holy Scripture
                • Old Testament
        • Geography
          • Physiography
            • Rivers
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • prints
      • Bibliographic reference(s)

        Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985 fig.83

        Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pl.135, p.178

        Other number(s)

        Ruland p.223 B.XXXVII.4

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