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God tells Abraham his destiny, Imagines Veteris ac Novi Testamenti, Paintings in the Loggia by Raphael, Raphael Bible, print, album page, Series number, 14, 52, Abraham is kneeling in the field in front of his barn. He is talking to God who has appeared in the sky. Bible verse below the image. Print is part of an album., number: '136', 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 231 mm x width 260 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., Abraham communicating with God (in general), A bearded elderly man with flowing hair and robes leans forward on a bank of clouds while two cherubic children cling to him, one resting against his shoulder and the other tucked under his arm as he points toward a swirling cloud formation; below him a kneeling figure with outstretched hands and draped garments faces upward toward the heavenly group, set in a landscape with grassy tufts, small bushes, a wooden fence, and a tall vertical wooden structure at the left edge, all rendered in fine line engraving.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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