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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Imagines veteris ac Novi Testamenti a Raphael Sanctio Urbinate in Vaticani Palatii Xystis Mirà Picturae Elegantia Expressae.
Petrus Aquila Inv. delin Sculp.
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, c.1675.]
Etched titlepage. 315 x 425mm (12½ x 16¾"). Narrow margins, creases and stains.
The titlepage of a series of 55 plates reproducing the frescos painted by Raphael in the Vatican Logge. It features a medallion portrait of Queen Christina of Sweden, surrounded by a decorative design feturing military trophies, cornucopiae and a pari of lions. Christina (1626-1689) became Queen of Sweden in 1632, but in 1654 she converted to Catholicism and abdicated, moving to Rome where she became a patron of the arts. She is one of only three women buried in the Vatican Grottoes under St Peter's Basilica.
[Ref: 69394] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Petrus Aquila Inv. delin Sculp.
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, c.1675.]
Etched titlepage. 315 x 425mm (12½ x 16¾"). Narrow margins, creases and stains.
The titlepage of a series of 55 plates reproducing the frescos painted by Raphael in the Vatican Logge. It features a medallion portrait of Queen Christina of Sweden, surrounded by a decorative design feturing military trophies, cornucopiae and a pari of lions. Christina (1626-1689) became Queen of Sweden in 1632, but in 1654 she converted to Catholicism and abdicated, moving to Rome where she became a patron of the arts. She is one of only three women buried in the Vatican Grottoes under St Peter's Basilica.
[Ref: 69394] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)