Accession number
PML 145499, plate 080
Creator
Schiavonetti, Niccoló, 1771-1813, engraver.
Published
London : William Miller, 1808.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 80, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Signed and dated within image and lettered with caption: Joseph's garment; with production and publication detail below: Guercino pinxit. ; N. Schiavonetti sculpsit.
Library's copy trimmed with loss of imprint. .
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 80, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Signed and dated within image and lettered with caption: Joseph's garment; with production and publication detail below: Guercino pinxit. ; N. Schiavonetti sculpsit.
Library's copy trimmed with loss of imprint. .
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 76 x 100 mm; sheet: 331 x 233 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Shows Jacob standing on the left, holding a cloth in his clasped hands and looking up sorrowfully, mourning the loss of his son Joseph, while one of Joseph's brothers, dressed in a soft cap and slashed doublet, displays his blood-spattered garment and a second brother looks towards the viewer over the other's shoulder.
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