Original copper engraving with Noah and his family coming out of the ark, among the pairs of animals descending the ramp and the birds scattering across the sky. Below, the verse "Reversae sunt aquae de terra. Egressus est ergo Noe...", Genesis VIII.
Original copper engraving with Noah and his family coming out of the ark, among the pairs of animals descending the ramp and the birds scattering across the sky. Below, the verse "Reversae sunt aquae de terra. Egressus est ergo Noe...", Genesis VIII.
Drawn and engraved by Cesare Fantetti after Raphael's frescoes in the Vatican Loggias, and published in Rome by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi about 1675. It carries the number 22 of the series.
Medium: Copper engraving
Artist / after: Raphael, after the frescoes of the Vatican Loggias
Engraver / lithographer: Cesare Fantetti
Date: Circa 1675
Source: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, Rome, circa 1675
Dimensions: 18.9 x 14.4 in (48 x 36.5 cm)
Condition: Poor in the margins; large damp stains, losses of paper and tears at the top edge and in the corners. The engraved plate mark is clean and complete, with the impression well contrasted.