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.
This print has been sold
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