An original etching and engraving of 1674: Moses stretches out his hand over the sea and the waters close over Pharaoh's chariots and horsemen while the Israelites reach the shore. At the foot, "Extendit Moyses manum contra mare et reversae sunt aquae... Exod. XIIII".
An original etching and engraving of 1674: Moses stretches out his hand over the sea and the waters close over Pharaoh's chariots and horsemen while the Israelites reach the shore. At the foot, "Extendit Moyses manum contra mare et reversae sunt aquae... Exod. XIIII".
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