Ananias drops dead after having secretly withheld part of his wealth from the communal fund of the apostles. Engraving after Raphael.
- Raphael, 1483-1520.
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- 24787i
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About this work
Description
Bible. N.T. Acts 4.32-5.11
Publication/Creation
[Rome] : Ant. Sal. exc
Physical description
1 print : line engraving ; platemark 27 x 40.5 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Raph. Urb. inve(n)t. Ant. Sal. exc.
According to Bartsch, there is a copy of this print (i.e. a newly engraved copy on copper) in which the letter I of Invenit is directly under the A of Raphael, whereas the original engraving has the letter I of Invenit under the letter P of Raphael, as here
Edition
[State with imprint of Antonio Salamanca; the second state, according to Raphael invenit, loc. cit.].
Creator/production credits
Said to have been started by Marcantonio Raimondi and finished by Agostino Veneziano (Bartsch, loc. cit.; Raphael invenit, loc. cit.)
References note
Adam Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, Würzburg 1920-1922, vol. 14, no. 48, pp. 47-48
G.B. Pezzini, S. Massari, S.P. Valenti Rodinò, Raphael invenit, Roma: Edizioni Quasar, 1985, p. 132 and p. 568, Arazzi scuola vecchia, V, no. 2
Reference
Wellcome Collection 24787i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores