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Pietro Aquila, printmaker
Italian, 1650 - 1692
The Adoration of the Shepherds, after Raphael from the series Imagines veteris ac novi Testamenti a Rafaele...in Vaticani Palatii...expressae., 17th century
Etching
21 x 37.6 cm (sheet)
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts 1963.30.36844

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after, Raffaello Sanzio~publisher, Giovanni Jacopo Rossi (Giovanni Iacomo de Rubeis)

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Artist Biography: Painter and printmaker. Probably born in Marsala, 1650, died in Alcama (also in Sicily) 1692. Most of his etchings done in Rome, including suites after Annibale Carracci's paintings for the Palazzo Farnese, the Raphael frescoes in the Vatican Loggie, and work after Pietro da Cortona and Cirro Ferri.~~Reference: LeBlanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes. Paris: 1854-59.~