Accession number
PML 145499, plate 018
Creator
Pigeot, François, b. 1775, engraver.
Published
[Paris : Filhol, 1808]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from published caption.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 18, 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.
Print engraved by Pigeot after a painting by van der Werff, published as plate 349 in v. 5 of "Galerie du Musée Napoléon" (Paris : Filhol, 1804-1828).
Lettered at head: Van Der Werff; numbered at upper left: No. 349; lettered at upper right: Ecole Flamde; at lower center, en point: Pigeot Sculp. 1808.
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 18, 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.
Print engraved by Pigeot after a painting by van der Werff, published as plate 349 in v. 5 of "Galerie du Musée Napoléon" (Paris : Filhol, 1804-1828).
Lettered at head: Van Der Werff; numbered at upper left: No. 349; lettered at upper right: Ecole Flamde; at lower center, en point: Pigeot Sculp. 1808.
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 146 x 108 mm; sheet: 207 x 144 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Shows Adam and Eve discovering the dead body of Abel; the dead body lying in foreground while Adam and Eve kneel in despair.
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