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, lower left.
Dimensions: Image Size 9 x 10 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 17 x 18 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”… God created Eve and brought her to Adam. ~Genesis 2:18
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.