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The Netherlands

Solomon and the Queen of Sheba c.1600-1700

Engraving with etching | 25.7 x 29.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853619

Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

The Netherlands

Solomon and the Queen of Sheba c.1600-1700

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Description

A print, with variations, after the fresco Solomon and the Queen of Sheba by the workshop of Raphael (c.1517-19) in the vault of the twelfth bay of the Raphael Loggia in the Vatican. Lettered with attribution of the composition to Raphael and Latin text. Trimmed to plate. Ruland (1876) catalogued this engraving as being by an anonymous Dutch master.

Provenance

Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection The Netherlands
(engraver)

After a work by the workshop of
Search the collection Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
(artist)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Solomon (OT)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Engraving with etching

engraving, etching

Measurements

25.7 x 29.1 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Category
General Subject Prints
Object type(s)
visual works
prints
Subject(s)
Religion & Theology
Religions and faiths
Christianity
Bible & Holy Scripture
Old Testament
References

Other number(s)

Ruland : Ruland, C., 1876. The Works of Raphael Santi da Urbino as represented in the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by the Prince Consort, 1853-1861 and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Weimar – Ruland p.225 B.XLVII.4

Bibliographic reference(s)

Davidson 1985 : Davidson, Bernice F. Raphael's Bible. A Study of the Vatican Logge, 1985 fig.101

Dacos 2008: Dacos, N., The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure, 2008 pl.146, p.189

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