Live auction - Lot 292

[Italian]

VILLAMENA, Francesco. After Raphael

Scenes from Genesis.

Rome, 1626

€ 100 / 120

Live bidding (Drouot*) Live bidding (Invaluable*)

Bidding is closed


Lot description

2 engravings, 17,4 x 18,6 cm, laid paper with watermark (Heawood: 1594), wide margins, signed with monogram in plate at lower right corner (large damp stain over upper part of the print, Adam's genitals censored with brown ink).

Loose sheets.

The Creation of Eve and the Expulsion from Paradise. Part of a series (20 pl.) after Raphael's frescoes in the Vatican Loggia. With Latin quotations from the Bible in lower margin. Francesco Villamena (1564-1624) was a student of Cornelis Cort. These prints were issued after the artist's death.
Ref. LeBlanc 30.

More photos

Live bidding

Bidding is closed


Lot 292

Scenes from Genesis.

VILLAMENA, Francesco. After Raphael

Please log in to bid
create an account here .
Log in
© Arenberg Auctions 2025 – Webdesign Webit
Voorwaarden | Privacy Policy | Cookiebeleid