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Jacob sur ses vieux jours quitte sans fascherie pour voir son filz Joseph, sa terre et sa patrie [print] / Stef. della Bella in. et fe.

Accession number
PML 145499, plate 094
Creator
Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664.
Published
[France? : s.n., ca. 1647]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 94, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Print mounted on leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
The 3rd state, lettered with caption in French: "Iacob sur ses vieux jours quitte sans fascherie pour voir son filz Ioseph, sa terre et sa patrie": lettered at lower right with "Cum privil. Regis" and at lower left: " Stef. della Bella In. et fe."
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 183 x 272 mm; sheet: 183 x 272 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Jacob's jouney into Egypt; to right, Jacob seated on a horse leading a procession of animals including donkeys, sheep, camels, cows and dogs, accompanied by several walking figures, a woman and baby riding on a horse, and a further procession of people and animals descending a hill to left behind.
Classification
Department