Moses Receives the Tablets of the Law - Fantetti after Raphael - 1674
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Original 17th-century etching and burin engraving with Moses kneeling on Sinai to receive the tablets of the Law from God, while the people crowd among the rocks and the tents of the camp. Engraved by Cesare Fantetti after the composition by Raphael Sanzio for the Vatican Loggias.
Original 17th-century etching and burin engraving with Moses kneeling on Sinai to receive the tablets of the Law from God, while the people crowd among the rocks and the tents of the camp. Engraved by Cesare Fantetti after the composition by Raphael Sanzio for the Vatican Loggias.
At the foot, the Latin text Dedit Dominus Moysi in monte Sinai duas tabulas testimonii lapideas scriptas digito Dei (Exodus XXXI) and the number 33. It comes from the Imagines Veteris ac Novi Testamenti, the Raphael Bible that Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi published in Rome in 1674.
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. 33.
Dimensions: Sheet 18.7 x 14.6 in (47.5 x 37 cm).
Condition: Uneven edges of the sheet, with small losses and staining in the upper margin; the image clean and well printed.
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Original 17th-century etching and burin engraving with Moses kneeling on Sinai to receive the tablets of the Law from God, while the people crowd among the rocks and the tents of the camp. Engraved by Cesare Fantetti after the composition by Raphael Sanzio for the Vatican Loggias.