God Appears to Isaac - Fantetti Engraving after Raphael - 1674
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God Appears to Isaac - Fantetti Engraving after Raphael - 1674

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Original 17th-century etching and burin engraving with the appearance of the Lord to Isaac, who kneels while the angel points out the way and commands him not to go down into Egypt. Engraved by Cesare Fantetti after the composition by Raphael Sanzio in the Vatican Loggias.

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Original 17th-century etching and burin engraving with the appearance of the Lord to Isaac, who kneels while the angel points out the way and commands him not to go down into Egypt. Engraved by Cesare Fantetti after the composition by Raphael Sanzio in the Vatican Loggias.

At the foot, the Latin text Apparuit Isaac Dominus, et ait: ne descendas in Aegyptum, sed quiesce in terra, quam dixero tibi (Genesis XXVI) and the number 17. It comes from the Raphael Bible published in Rome by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi 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. 17.
Dimensions: Sheet 18.7 x 14.6 in (47.5 x 37 cm).
Condition: Toned paper, with uneven edges, a tear at the left border and scattered small stains; the image clean.

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