The Judgment of Solomon - Pietro Aquila Etching after Raphael - 1674
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The Judgment of Solomon - Pietro Aquila Etching after Raphael - 1674

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Original etching and engraving with the Judgment of Solomon after Raphael's fresco in the Vatican Loggias, cut by Pietro Aquila. At the foot: "Ad testem in iudicio naturam vocavit sapientiss. Salomon, et vera mater filium dimidiari non est passa. Reg. III c. III". Number 46 in the series.

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Original etching and engraving with the Judgment of Solomon after Raphael's fresco in the Vatican Loggias, cut by Pietro Aquila. At the foot: "Ad testem in iudicio naturam vocavit sapientiss. Salomon, et vera mater filium dimidiari non est passa. Reg. III c. III". Number 46 in the series.

The series Imagines Veteris ac Novi Testamenti, known as Raphael's Bible, translated into print the frescoes Raphael and his workshop painted in the Vatican Loggias. It was published in Rome by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi in 1674, with images by Cesare Fantetti and Pietro Aquila.

Medium: Etching and engraving.
Artist / after: Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520), Vatican Loggias.
Engraver: Pietro Aquila (1624-1692).
Date: 1674.
Source: Imagines Veteris ac Novi Testamenti, Rome, Gio. Giacomo de Rossi, 1674.
Dimensions: Plate mark 9.1 x 10.2 in (23 x 26 cm); sheet 14.6 x 18.9 in (37 x 48 cm).
Condition: Damp stains and handling soil in the margins, with small tears along the upper edge of the sheet; within the plate mark the impression is clean and good.

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