Caption
Photo reproductions of prints after frescoes depicting Abraham with Melchizedek and God's Message to Abraham by Raphael for the loggias in the Vatican, Raphael Abraham und Melchizedek. Gott verheisst Abraham zahlreiche Nachkommenschaft, photograph, reproduction, page, number: 'No 13. No 14. Bild 1. Bild 2. IV. Loge.', photographer: Gustav Schauer, Berlin, after print by anonymous, after painting by Raphael, publisher: Gustav Schauer, c. 1851 - in or before 1861, Gustav Schauer, Rafaël, photographer, after print by, after painting by, publisher, paper, albumen print, height 325 mm x width 250 mm, God promises that Abraham's seed shall be as numerous as the stars of heaven, Melchizedek blesses Abraham, A vertical sheet showing two separate classical-style illustrations one above the other, each within a rounded arch frame; the upper image depicts a group of robed figures gathered around large ornate vessels and a central table where a bearded man and another figure wearing a helmet gesture toward each other while others watch and reach out, with a landscape and distant buildings visible in the background; the lower image shows a kneeling robed figure facing away toward a small house on the left while looking up at an elderly bearded figure in the sky who is accompanied by two small figures and gesturing outward from a cluster of clouds, with a fenced landscape and a fire on the right below.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B01_085
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37.2Mb (8.3Mb) / 8.8in x 16.5in / 2632 x 4939 (300dpi)