Original copper engraving with Esau begging a second blessing of Isaac, while Rebecca and Jacob look on from the left. Below, the verse "Mihi quoque obsecro, ut benedicas: cumque fleret Esau...", Genesis XXVII.
Original copper engraving with Esau begging a second blessing of Isaac, while Rebecca and Jacob look on from the left. Below, the verse "Mihi quoque obsecro, ut benedicas: cumque fleret Esau...", Genesis XXVII.
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 30 of the series and the mention "R.V.I. in Vaticani Palatii Xystis".
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: The engraved plate mark in good condition, the impression clean; the sheet shows overall toning, a small tear at the top edge and handling creases in the margins.