Accession number
PML 145499, plate 059
Creator
Niquet, Claude, ca.1770-after 1831, engraver.
Published
[Paris : Chez Filhol?, 1810]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 59, 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 Niquet after painting by Carrache, published as plate 196 in v. 5 of "Galerie du Musée Napoléon" (Paris : Filhol, 1804-1828).
Inscription from Filhol - Lettered at head: Ann. Carrache.; numbered at upper left: No. 196; lettered at upper right Ecole Italine; at lower left: Delé par Gregorius; at lower center: Gravé à l' Eau-forte par Filhol ; lower right: Termé par Niquet.
Library's copy is a proof before final lettering.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 59, 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 Niquet after painting by Carrache, published as plate 196 in v. 5 of "Galerie du Musée Napoléon" (Paris : Filhol, 1804-1828).
Inscription from Filhol - Lettered at head: Ann. Carrache.; numbered at upper left: No. 196; lettered at upper right Ecole Italine; at lower left: Delé par Gregorius; at lower center: Gravé à l' Eau-forte par Filhol ; lower right: Termé par Niquet.
Library's copy is a proof before final lettering.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 143 x 105 mm; sheet: 203 x 143 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a landscape with, on the left, the angel stopping Abraham as the patriarch was about to sacrifice his son on a clifftop.
Classification
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