Hand-colored engraving from Num. I of "Les Loges de Raphael, Nouvelle Edition." Crease in center from folding. This image depicts sections of architecture and painting within the papal palace, the Vatican. Plate size is apprx 25" x 23". Overall size with mat is apprx 34" x 29-1/2". Entitled "Divisit lucem a Tenebris, appellavitq, lucem diem, et tenebras noctem, Genes cap. I." Sculpted by Johan Ottaviani. Hand-colored with a lovely, rich 19th pigment, probably watercolor. From the estate of a Countess Michaela Almeida of Austria, from Moondsee, Austria.
300/500 Sold $701.50
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