Orazio Borgianni, “The Fall of Jericho”, 1615, after Raphael

Orazio Borgianni (aka Orazio Borgiani) (c.1578–1616)

“The Fall of Jericho” (aka “La Prise de Jéricho”; “Val van Jericho”), 1615 (inscribed in plate), plate 38 from the series of 52 etchings, “Paintings in the Loggia of Raphael” (aka “Schilderingen in de Loggia van Rafaël”), after Raphael’s (1483–1520) Loggia frescoes in the Vatican.

Etching on fine laid paper, trimmed irregularly within the platemark and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (irregularly cut sheet) 17.2 x 20.8 cm.

Inscribed in plate at lower left corner (the rest of the inscription has been lost): “[1]615”.

State i (of i)

TIB 38.38 (Walter L Strauss [ed.] 1979, “The Illustrated Bartsch”, vol. 38, New York, Abaris Books, p. 397, cat. no. 38 [319]).

The Rijksmuseum offers the following description of this print: (transl.) “The walls of the city of Jericho are collapsing. In the foreground soldiers. On the left priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant” (http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.85390).

See also the description of this print offered by the British Museum: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.85390.

Condition: a strong impression trimmed irregularly within the platemark with no tears, holes, folds or significant stains and laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins.

I am selling this interesting etching executed in the last year of the artist’s life and based on the design of the legendary Raphael who had passed away only 95 years before this print was created, for AU$287 (currently US$194.94/EUR177.78/GBP148.75 at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$287) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this rare and very interesting Renaissance period print—note that the image not only captures the sense of movement that one might expect in a battle scene, but also suggests the less frequently portrayed senses of sound (viz. the drummers at right), smell and possibly even taste (hinted at by rising dust in the middle distance and the plumes of smoke in the distance)—please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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