Moses Receives the Tablets of the Law - Engraving after Raphael, Vatican
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Original 19th century engraving after Raphael: Moses, kneeling on the summit of Sinai, receives from the Eternal Father, borne up by angels among the clouds, the two tablets of the Law, while at the foot of the mountain the Israelites cover their faces and the camp of Israel spreads out to the right.
Original 19th century engraving after Raphael: Moses, kneeling on the summit of Sinai, receives from the Eternal Father, borne up by angels among the clouds, the two tablets of the Law, while at the foot of the mountain the Israelites cover their faces and the camp of Israel spreads out to the right.
In the lower margin, the Latin caption Deditque Dominus Moysi... in Monte Sinai duas tabulas testimonii lapideas, scriptas digito Dei. Exod. 31, 18, and the print number 33. The composition reproduces one of the scenes that Raphael and his workshop painted in the Vatican Loggias, the so-called Raphael Bible. It is signed with initials by the draughtsman and by the engraver.
Medium: Etching.
Artist / after: After Raphael Sanzio, Vatican Loggias.
Date: 19th century.
Source: Engraved series of the Vatican Loggias, print 33.
Dimensions: Plate mark 10.2 x 11.0 in (26 x 28 cm).
Condition: Good condition, with some foxing of the period visible in the photograph and a small orange stain in the cloud at the upper left corner.
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Original 19th century engraving after Raphael: Moses, kneeling on the summit of Sinai, receives from the Eternal Father, borne up by angels among the clouds, the two tablets of the Law, while at the foot of the mountain the Israelites cover their faces and the camp of Israel spreads out to the right.