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Hand-colored Plate, Loggie de Rafael nel Vaticano

Title: Hand-colored copper-plate engraving, Plate #V from Loggie de Rafael nel Vaticano
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Description: Hand-colored copper-plate engraving, matted. 50¼x18, image is 42½x13¾.Plate V from Loggie de Rafael nel Vaticano, published in Rome in 1772, a book with stunning reproductions of the frescoes in the Vatican originally executed by Raphael 1518-1519. With columns of fruits and flowers, intricate garlands with insects, reptiles, birds and mammals, and medallions of gods and mythological creatures.
Heading: (Raphael Senzio d'Urbino, after)Place Published: Rome
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Date Published: 1772