An original etching and engraving of 1674 with Jacob demanding of Laban the keeping of their bargain after serving seven years for Rachel. At the foot, "Dixit Iacob: non ne pro Rachel servivi septem annis? Cur Liam imposuisti?... Gen. XXIX", signed "Caes. Fantetus del. sculp.".
An original etching and engraving of 1674 with Jacob demanding of Laban the keeping of their bargain after serving seven years for Rachel. At the foot, "Dixit Iacob: non ne pro Rachel servivi septem annis? Cur Liam imposuisti?... Gen. XXIX", signed "Caes. Fantetus del. sculp.".
It belongs to the Raphael Bible, "Imagines Veteris ac Novi Testamenti a Raphaele Sanctio Urbinate in Vaticani Palatii Xistis... expressae", engraved after the frescoes of the Vatican Loggie and published in Rome by Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi in 1674.
Medium: etching and engraving on laid paper
Artist / after: Raphael (1483-1520), Vatican Loggie
Engraver: Cesare Fantetti
Date: 1674
Source: Imagines Veteris ac Novi Testamenti, Gio. Giacomo de' Rossi, Rome
Dimensions: Sheet 18.7 x 14.6 in (47.5 x 37 cm)
Condition: light damp staining in the upper margin and handling marks