The Sacrifice of Noah - Antique Original Etching after Raphael
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The Sacrifice of Noah - Antique Original Etching after Raphael

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Antique original engraving after Raphael: after the Flood, Noah raises an altar to the Lord and offers the burnt sacrifice; at the left a ram is slaughtered and the beasts saved from the ark are led up, and at the right the patriarch prays before the flame with his family.

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Antique original engraving after Raphael: after the Flood, Noah raises an altar to the Lord and offers the burnt sacrifice; at the left a ram is slaughtered and the beasts saved from the ark are led up, and at the right the patriarch prays before the flame with his family.

In the lower margin, the Latin caption Aedificavit autem Noe altare Domino et obtulit holocausta super altare. Gen. 8, 20, and the print number 12. The composition reproduces one of the scenes that Raphael and his workshop painted in the Vatican Loggias, the so-called Raphael Bible, one of the most engraved repertories in the history of printmaking.

Medium: Etching.
Artist / after: After Raphael Sanzio, Vatican Loggias.
Source: Engraved series of the Vatican Loggias, print 12.
Dimensions: Plate mark 10.2 x 10.2 in (25.8 x 26 cm).
Condition: Good condition. Clean paper; it keeps the full plate mark, with a narrow margin at the right.

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