Artist: Raphael (Italy, 1483 - 1520), after.
Engraver: Cesare Fantetti (Italy, 1660–1740).
Title: Melchizedek offering bread and wine to Abraham.
Signed, Titled, Numbered in plate: R.V.I in Vat. Caes. Fantectus. del. sculp. Io. Iac. de Rubeis form. Romae. [Plate] 13.
Dimensions: Image 8 1/2" x 10 1/4". Sheet with extended margins 9" x 11 7/8".
Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi was an Italian engraver and printer, active in Rome in the second half of the 17th century.
Edition: Imagines veteris ac Novi Testamenti a Raphael Sanctio Urbinate ... elegantia expressae. Rome, 1675.
Date: 1675.
Materials and Techniques: etching on laid paper.
Mat and Frame: Supporting sheet with extended margins.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Trimmed margins. The upper and lower parts of the image are affected. Remnants of glue. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Plate 13 from 55.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1867,1012.424.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Italian School XVI C. Italien School XVII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry and uses the catalog description of the same item from the collection of the British Museum.