RAPHAEL 1649 Vatican Loggia Engraving "Creation of the World" Framed Signed COA

Description: --> Four Centuries of the world's finest artists from our collection to yours --> Thank you for visiting...Click here for HOT DEALS | Click here for our NO RESERVE AUCTIONS Please feel free to ask any questions you might have about this work and we will answer promptly.International bidders are always welcome to bid and we combine shipping on all orders. --> Artist: Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520) Title: God Created the sun and the Moon Medium: Antique engraving on laid paper after the original from the series of etchings Biblical Scenes, after the frescoes by Raphael in the Vatican Loggia by master engraver Nicolas Chaperon (French, 1612 - 1656). Signature: Signed in the plate, lower left. Year: 1649 Dimensions: Image Size 7 5/8 x 12 3/4 inches Framed dimensions: Approximately 15 5/8 x 20 3/4 inches Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials. Additional notes: This is not a modern print. This impression is more than 365 years old. The strike is crisp and the lines are sharp. Extra Information: God made the two great lights, the greater one to govern the day, and the lesser one to govern the night, and the stars. God set them in the dome of the sky, to illuminate the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. ~Genesis 1:16 An account of the facts of the Old and New Testament expressed by Raffaele Sanzio d'Urbino in the times of the Vatican loggias: painted by him and his scholars by order of Leo X. (Raphael's Bible - the Raphael paintings on the vaults of the "Lodge of the Vatican", that is, a gallery illuminated by an arcade of thirteen spans that opens onto the courtyard of St. Damaz in the Vatican Palace, in Rome.) These paintings were commissioned by Pope Leo X.) In 1508, Pope Julius II (1503-1513) instructed the architect D. Bramante to build a gallery with which to open the view of the Eternal City. The architect began work, but died in 1514. Construction completed under Pope Leo X (1513-1521) close relative Bramante - a young Raphael Santi from Urbino (1483-1520). In the years 1517-1519. Vaults, walls, pilasters of the loggia painted the pupils of Raphael: Perino del Vaga, Giulio Romano, Giovanni da Udine, F. Penny. The motifs of reliefs and ornamental paintings are inspired by antique grotesques - the decor, discovered in 1481 in the ruins of the "Golden House" and the term of Trajan in Rome. The loggia is divided into 13 sections. In each part there are four small compositions; Four plots from the New Testament (in the first vault) and forty-eight scenes from the Old Testament (in the remaining sections) - only 52 paintings on biblical subjects framed by grotesques. Because of these paintings, the paintings of the Vatican loggias were called the "Raphael Bible" (Italian "Biblia di Raffaello"). "The Raphael Bible" made a great impression on the Russian Empress Catherine II. In the years 1778-1787. At her request in Rome, under the guidance of JF Raiffenstein and H. Unterberger, "copies" of Vatican paintings were taken to recreate the "Raphael Loggias" in the St. Petersburg Hermitage. Under the project of the architect G. Quarenghi they were included in the building of the Old Hermitage and inaugurated in 1787. Later, in 1842-1851, when the New Hermitage building was constructed under the project of L. von Klenze, the loggias were preserved, and now they can be admired Not only in Rome, but also in Northern Palmyra. Artist Biography: Raphael, Italian in full Raffaello Sanzio or Raffaello Santi was a master painter and architect of the Italian High Renaissance. Raphael is best known for his Madonnas and for his large figure compositions in the Vatican. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and is Fully Guaranteed to be Certified as Described Framing Any framing included in a listing is double matted and framed in a solid wood moulding. We can also frame any pieces not listed as such. Please contact us for pricing. We are usually half the price of a regular framer. Shipping Packages are shipped the next business day after confirmed payment is received. If you are making multiple purchases, please request an invoice so that we may combine shipping charges for you. Guarantee We guarantee all our listings to be 100% as described Returns Returns are accepted up to fourteen days after receiving your purchase. Buyer accepts responsibility for any additional shipping charges. | Click here for HOT DEALS | Click here for our NO RESERVE AUCTIONS |

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