Adoration of the Magi - Engraving by Pietro Aquila after Raphael - 1675
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Original copper engraving of the Adoration of the Magi in a hexagonal composition: the Virgin and Child before the stable, St. Joseph, and the train of the Magi kneeling with their gifts. Below, the verse "Procidentes magi adoraverunt eum...", Matthew II.
Original copper engraving of the Adoration of the Magi in a hexagonal composition: the Virgin and Child before the stable, St. Joseph, and the train of the Magi kneeling with their gifts. Below, the verse "Procidentes magi adoraverunt eum...", Matthew II.
Drawn and engraved by Pietro Aquila after Raphael's frescoes in the Vatican Loggias, and published in Rome by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi about 1675; Aquila took charge of the New Testament scenes of the series. It carries the number 50.
Medium: Copper engraving
Artist / after: Raphael, after the frescoes of the Vatican Loggias
Engraver / lithographer: Pietro Aquila
Source: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, Rome, about 1675
Date: About 1675
Dimensions: 18.9 x 14.4 in (48 x 36.5 cm)
Condition: Poor as regards the sheet; paper losses and tears along the upper edge and at the corners, an extensive damp stain in the lower right corner and generalized creasing. The engraved plate mark is complete and the impression is good.
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Original copper engraving of the Adoration of the Magi in a hexagonal composition: the Virgin and Child before the stable, St. Joseph, and the train of the Magi kneeling with their gifts. Below, the verse "Procidentes magi adoraverunt eum...", Matthew II.