Esau and Isaac (after Raphael)
Nicolas Chaperon (Châteaudun 1612 - Lyon 1654/56)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1649
Materials
Etching on paper
Measurements
280 x 310 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286592.1
Summary
Etching on paper, Esau and Isaac (after Raphael) by Nicholas Chaperon (Châteaudun 1612 - Lyon 1654/55), 1649. One of a series of 28 numbered '20' illustrating a verse from Genesis XXVII concerning Esau and Isaac from the publication: Sacrae Historiae Acta a Raphael Urbin in Vaticanis xystis ad picturae miraculum expressa (Raphael's Bible) from the series of frescos painted by Raphael in the Logge, Vatican. Inscribed: Mihi guogue obsecro, ut benedicas: cumg.fleret Esau dixit Isaac in piguedine terræ benedº tua.
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: printed 'N.C.F' to right. (under image)
Makers and roles
Nicolas Chaperon (Châteaudun 1612 - Lyon 1654/56), engraver (printmaker)
References
Laveyssière, Jacquot and Kazerouni 1999 Nicolas Chaperon, 1999, pp.159-171 Robert-Dumesnil 1835-71, A. P. F. Robert-Dumesnil, Le Peintre-Graveur Français, 11 vols, Paris, 1835-71, VI.216.1