Caption

Creation of the Animals, Imagines Veteris ac Novi Testamenti, Raphael Bible, Paintings in the Loggia of Raphael, print, album page, Series number, 4, 52, God, an old man with a beard, stands in a landscape among various animals that he has just created. Bible verse below the image. Print is part of an album., number: '127', printmaker: Cesare Fantetti, Italy, after painting by Raphael, Vatican City, publisher: Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi, Rome, grantor of privilege: Papal Court, 1675, Cesare Fantetti, Raphael, Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi, Papal Court, grantor of privilege, paper, etching, height 191 mm x width 309 mm, Print is part of a series of 55 prints, consisting of three unnumbered prints and a set of 52 numbered prints after the paintings in the Loggia by Raphael., Genesis, A central robed bearded man stands with arms outstretched, a radiance around his head and a flowing cloak behind him, surrounded by a variety of animals on a shoreline with distant hills; to his left a lion with a long mane sits among other beasts including a boar and birds on trees and the ground, while to his right there are animals such as an elephant, a unicorn-like horse, deer and other hoofed creatures beneath a tall palm tree, and in the foreground various smaller animals and shells lie scattered on the ground, with birds flying in the sky and layered horizontal lines indicating clouds and atmosphere.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B30_330

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Keywords

Creation Animals Imagines Veteris ac Novi Testamenti Raphael Bible Paintings Loggia Raphael print album page Series number 4 52 God old man beard stands landscape various animals created Bible verse image Print part album number 127 printmaker Cesare Fantetti Italy painting Vatican City publisher Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi Rome grantor privilege Papal Court 1675 paper etching height 191 mm x width 309 mm series 55 prints consisting three unnumbered prints set 52 numbered prints paintings Genesis central robed bearded man stands arms outstretched radiance head flowing cloak surrounded variety animals shoreline distant hills left lion long mane sits beasts boar birds trees ground right elephant unicorn- horse deer hoofed creatures beneath tall palm tree foreground various smaller animals shells lie scattered birds flying sky layered horizontal lines indicating clouds atmosphere