Decorative pilaster with fruit, flowers, and tendrils

by Raphael. Raffaello Sanzio d'Urbino

$2,750 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A highly decorative print from the famous Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano series, with contemporary colouring of the highest quality from the golden age of the hand-coloured print. A very fine image from the first part of a work titled Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano depicting the decorative work executed by Raphael and his assistants between 1518-1519 in the Vatican. This remarkable print, one of the first to be published of the decoration of the Logge on the main storey

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