The Expulsion from Paradise c.1764-1818
Engraving with etching | 24.0 x 26.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853379
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A print after the fresco of the Expulsion from Paradise painted by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the second bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Lettered with Bible quote in Latin (Genesis III) and numbered on plate at upper left: No. IV. Lettered with attribution of the design to Raphael and printmaker's name. Trimmed to platemark and mounted on a sheet of paper.
Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving with etching
Measurements
24.0 x 26.4 cm (sheet of paper)
21.6 x 25.3 cm (platemark)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.426, G 2.3
Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985 fig.24
Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pl.105, p.144
Alternative title(s)
EJECITQUE ADAM ET COLLOCAVIT ANTE PARADISUM VOLUPTATIS CHERUBIM ET FLAMMEUM GLADIUM