An original etching and engraving of 1674 with Isaac, old and blind in his bed, blessing Jacob while Rebecca directs the scene. At the foot, "Dixit Iacob: Ego sum primogenitus tuus Esau, comede de venatione mea. Non cognovit Isaac et benedixit ei. Gen. XXVII".
An original etching and engraving of 1674 with Isaac, old and blind in his bed, blessing Jacob while Rebecca directs the scene. At the foot, "Dixit Iacob: Ego sum primogenitus tuus Esau, comede de venatione mea. Non cognovit Isaac et benedixit ei. Gen. XXVII".
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: good; rubbing and slight imperfections in the margins from handling