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Object Type
print
Museum number
1951,0407.75
Description
Moses showing the Tablets of the Law. Moses standing on an elevation, showing stone tablets to a group of elders at right, three onlookers at left; after Raphael. 1551 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Cornelis Bos
After:
Raphael
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1551
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
145 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
228 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
This impression is after the Raphael School fresco in the Loggie of the Vatican. Hollstein gives a wrong title ('Moses destroying the two tablets of the law').
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(15)
Schéle 1965 / Cornelis Bos: A study of the origins of the Netherland grotesque
(16)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
old testament
Associated names
Representation of:
Moses
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Colnaghi
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Liechtenstein
Acquisition date
1951
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1951,0407.75