The Anointing of Solomon - Pietro Aquila Etching after Raphael - 1674
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Original etching and engraving with the anointing of Solomon by the priest Zadok, acclaimed king by the people, after Raphael's fresco in the Vatican Loggias. At the foot: "Sacerdos cornu olei unxit Salomonem, omnisq. clamavit populus: vivat rex. Reg. III c. I". Number 45 in the series, signed "Petrus Aquila del. sculp.".
Original etching and engraving with the anointing of Solomon by the priest Zadok, acclaimed king by the people, after Raphael's fresco in the Vatican Loggias. At the foot: "Sacerdos cornu olei unxit Salomonem, omnisq. clamavit populus: vivat rex. Reg. III c. I". Number 45 in the series, signed "Petrus Aquila del. sculp.".
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 9.4 x 11 in (24 x 28 cm); sheet 14.6 x 18.9 in (37 x 48 cm).
Condition: Good condition. Light handling soil and a few damp stains in the margins; within the plate mark clean and well printed, with wide margins.
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Original etching and engraving with the anointing of Solomon by the priest Zadok, acclaimed king by the people, after Raphael's fresco in the Vatican Loggias. At the foot: "Sacerdos cornu olei unxit Salomonem, omnisq. clamavit populus: vivat rex. Reg. III c. I". Number 45 in the series, signed "Petrus Aquila del. sculp.".