Accession number
PML 145499, plate 055
Creator
Vinkeles, Reinier, 1741-1816, engraver.
Published
[Paris : Basan et Poignant, between 1775-1788]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title, date range and publication information from British Museum online catalog. Consulted March 2, 2012.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500) as plate 55, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145500-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Engraving inlaid into a leaf bound into v. 1 of an extra-illustrated copy The Harris Bible (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1814-1815), in Genesis vii (see Hariss Bible PML 145499-06).
Engraving after a design by Van den Eeckhout for an illustration for "Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands" 3 volume (Paris: l'Auteur, 1792).
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500) as plate 55, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145500-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Engraving inlaid into a leaf bound into v. 1 of an extra-illustrated copy The Harris Bible (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1814-1815), in Genesis vii (see Hariss Bible PML 145499-06).
Engraving after a design by Van den Eeckhout for an illustration for "Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands" 3 volume (Paris: l'Auteur, 1792).
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 162 x 205 mm; sheet: 187 x 211 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows street scene with the patriarch standing in front of his house, holding his arms out in an apologetic manner towards the weeping figures of Hagar and Ishmael. Sarah looking at the three from the doorway, Isaac watching the scene from the door-step, a peacock seated on a stone block at left, shepherds with their animals in the street beyond.
Classification
Catalog link
Department