Artist: Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)
Medium: Antique engraving on laid paper after the original by master engraver Nicolas Chaperon (French, 1612 – 1656).
Signature: Signed in the plate.
Dimensions: Approximately 8 1/8 x 15 1/8 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 16 1/8 x 23 1/8 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
And while they were reclining and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, one of you who is eating with Me will betray Me.” ~Mark 14:18
Raphael, Italian in full Raffaello Sanzio or Raffaello Santi was a master painter and architect of the Italian High Renaissance. Raphael is best known for his Madonnas and for his large figure compositions in the Vatican. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur.