The Expulsion from Paradise published 1 Jan 1790
Etching with aquatint | 23.8 x 25.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853382
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A reversed facsimile etching of a drawing generally attributed to Gianfrancesco Penni (c.1516-18). Lettered with attribution of the design to Raphael and publication details. Published in C.M. Metz's Imitations of ancient and modern drawings, London 1798.
The drawing is a preparatory study for 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. For more information about this drawing, see RCINs 853380 and 853381.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Etching with aquatint
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23.8 x 25.9 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.427, G 2.4
Weigel 1865 : Weigel, R., 1865. Die Werke der maler in ihren Hand zeichnungen, 2 vols, Leipzig. vol.II, p.532, no.6344