Giuseppe Longhi & Pietro Anderloni, “The Vision of Ezekiel”, 1808, after Raphael

Giuseppe Longhi (1766–1831) and Pietro Anderloni (1785–1849)

“The Vision of Ezekiel” (aka “Visione D'Ezechiello”), 1808, published in Milan in 1811, engraving after Raphael’s (1483–1520) painting (c.1518) that is the same size as the engraving (see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raphael_-_Ezekiel%27s_Vision.jpg), in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti in Florence.

Engraving on fine wove paper, trimmed with a small margin around the image borderline and writing edge.

Size: (sheet) 46.8 x 32.6cm; (image borderline) 39.2 x 29.7cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Raffaello Sanzio inv.”; (centre) “Anderloni inc./ VISIONE D'EZECHIELLO/ L'originale di Raffaello d'Urbino esiste nel. Museo/ Imperiale di Parigi./ Pubblicata in Milano 1811 (right) “Longhi dir, ^ee term^ó.”

Interestingly, Giuseppe Longhi must have executed an earlier version of this engraving in the reverse direction to this copy, as GK Nagler (1839) in “Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen”, Munich, EA Fleischmann. vol. 8, p. 41, cat. 40, offers the following description to a print by Giuseppe Longhi: (transl.) “The Vision of Ezekiel, after Raphael, 1803. Musee Napoleon. Rare. P. Anderloni copied this sheet in reverse under Longhi's direction”.

Louis Fagan 1876, “Handbook to the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum”, London, George Bell & Sons, p. 37, cat. no. 3 (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Handbook_to_the_Department_of_prints_and_drawings_in_the_British_museum_%28IA_handbooktodepart00britiala%29.pdf).

The British Museum offers the following description of this print: “The vision of Ezechiel who is airborne supported by two putti, a winged lion, bull and an eagle, after Raphael. c. 1808/ Engraving” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1854-0211-72 [BM inv.no. 1854,0211.72]).

Condition: a strong and near faultless impression with small margins. Beyond restoration to the margin corners, the sheet is in a very good condition for its size and age with no holes, folds or significant stains.

I am selling this large and superbly executed engraving showing the prophet Ezekiel's vision of God borne above the clouds by the symbols of the four Evangelists and angels, for the total cost of AU$271 (currently US $171.40/ EUR 163.21/ GBP 134.91 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$271) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this visually arresting and magnificent engraving, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.