Accession number
PML 145499, plate 069
Creator
Oortman, Joachim Jan, 1777-1818, 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 69, 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 Oortman after painting attributed in the plate to Coning (i.e. Salomon Koninck) and later identified as the work of Jan Victors, published as plate 339 in v. 5 of "Galerie du Musée Napoléon" (Paris : Filhol, 1804-1828). Cf. British Museum online catalog, item no. 1856,0308.808).
Lettered at head: Coning.; numbered at upper left: No. 339; lettered at upper right Ecole Flamde; at lower left: Dessiné par Plonski; lower right: Grave par Oortman.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 69, 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 Oortman after painting attributed in the plate to Coning (i.e. Salomon Koninck) and later identified as the work of Jan Victors, published as plate 339 in v. 5 of "Galerie du Musée Napoléon" (Paris : Filhol, 1804-1828). Cf. British Museum online catalog, item no. 1856,0308.808).
Lettered at head: Coning.; numbered at upper left: No. 339; lettered at upper right Ecole Flamde; at lower left: Dessiné par Plonski; lower right: Grave par Oortman.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 111 x 135 mm; sheet: 136 x 148 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Prints shows the blind Isaac lying in a canopied bed while holding Jacob's hands who kneels in front of him, Rebekah standing by at right, Esau seen returning from the hunt in left background.
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