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A SET OF THREE RECTANGULAR TINTED PLASTER RELIEFS DEPICTING SCENES FROM THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES

BY JOHN HENNING THE ELDER (1771-1851), AFTER RAPHAEL, 1820-21

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A SET OF THREE RECTANGULAR TINTED PLASTER RELIEFS DEPICTING SCENES FROM THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
BY JOHN HENNING THE ELDER (1771-1851), AFTER RAPHAEL, 1820-21
Depicting Paul Preaching at Athens, The Sacrifice of Lystra and the Death of Ananias; each with a border decorated with foliate scroll-work and a cartouche at the bottom edge with an inscription identifying the scene; each also signed 'HENNING F. MARCH 1821 AFTER RAPHAEL', 'HENNING F. NOVR. 15.1820' and 'AFTER RAPHAEL HENNING F. LONDON JULY 7 1821' respectively; each relief also with various markings in ink to the reverse and incised 'J. G. Parker Trin: Coll: Cambridge 19th Nov..1838 YPX4.8'; repairs to two reliefs, various minor chips and scratches
8 7/8 x 7¼, 10½ x 7 1/8 and 10½ x 7 1/8 in. (22.5 x 18.4, 26.7 x 18.2 and 26.7 x 18.2 cm.) (3)

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Lot Essay

The reliefs being offered here are highly accurate reductions of three of the Raphael Cartoons currently hanging in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The original cartoons were hanging in Hampton Court Palace from as early as 1697 but were eventually moved to the museum in 1867. With a dating of 1820-1, the plaster reliefs were therefore conceived while the originals were still in the royal residence.

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