Moses Strikes the Rock - Fantetti Engraving after Raphael - 1674
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Original 17th-century etching and burin engraving with Moses striking the rock of Horeb, engraved by Cesare Fantetti after the composition by Raphael Sanzio in the Vatican Loggias. At the foot, the Latin text Cum elevasset Moyses manum, percutiens bis virga silicem, egressae sunt aquae largissimae (Numbers XX) and the number 32.
Original 17th-century etching and burin engraving with Moses striking the rock of Horeb, engraved by Cesare Fantetti after the composition by Raphael Sanzio in the Vatican Loggias. At the foot, the Latin text Cum elevasset Moyses manum, percutiens bis virga silicem, egressae sunt aquae largissimae (Numbers XX) and the number 32.
It belongs to the Imagines Veteris ac Novi Testamenti a Raphaele Sanctio Urbinate... expressae, the so-called Raphael Bible, which Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi published in Rome in 1674 with the biblical scenes of the Vatican Loggias. Period laid paper.
Medium: Etching and burin on laid paper.
Artist / after: Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520).
Engraver: Cesare Fantetti (1660-1740).
Date: 1674.
Source: Imagines Veteris ac Novi Testamenti..., Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, Rome, 1674; print no. 32.
Dimensions: Sheet 18.7 x 14.6 in (47.5 x 37 cm).
Condition: Margins with damage, above all the upper one, with small tears and losses at the edges of the sheet and small damp stains; the image complete and well printed.
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Original 17th-century etching and burin engraving with Moses striking the rock of Horeb, engraved by Cesare Fantetti after the composition by Raphael Sanzio in the Vatican Loggias. At the foot, the Latin text Cum elevasset Moyses manum, percutiens bis virga silicem, egressae sunt aquae largissimae (Numbers XX) and the number 32.