Accession number
PML 145499, plate 015
Creator
Dambrun, Jean, 1741- engraver.
Published
[Paris : Filhol, 1812]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Published caption title.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 15, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering.
Print engraved by Dambrun after a painting by Coyptel, published as plate 569 in v. 8 of "Galerie du Musée Napoléon" (Paris : Filhol, 1804-28).
Inscription from Filhol - Lettered at head: Noël Coypel; numbered at upper left: No. 569; lettered at upper right: Ecole Françse.; at lower left: Delé. Par. Duchemin.; at center: Gravé à l' Eau - forte par Chataigner. lower right: Teré par Dambrun.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 15, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering.
Print engraved by Dambrun after a painting by Coyptel, published as plate 569 in v. 8 of "Galerie du Musée Napoléon" (Paris : Filhol, 1804-28).
Inscription from Filhol - Lettered at head: Noël Coypel; numbered at upper left: No. 569; lettered at upper right: Ecole Françse.; at lower left: Delé. Par. Duchemin.; at center: Gravé à l' Eau - forte par Chataigner. lower right: Teré par Dambrun.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 114 x 114 mm, circular; sheet: 165 x 148 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print after Coypel's painting shows God with two child angels decending from the sky on a cloud over the kneeling figure of Cain, his arms and hands raised and blocking his face. The body of Abel lies on the ground under clouds and angels.
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