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Dieu éprouve la fidelité d' Abraham [print] / C.P. Marillier inv.; Dambrun sc.

Accession number
PML 145499, plate 061
Creator
Dambrun, Jean, 1741- engraver.
Published
[Paris : s.n., 1789]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Published caption title.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 61, 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.
Engraving after a design by Marillier for an illustration for "La Sainte Bible" (Paris: Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, 1789), v. 1, p. 72 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 1r." and "page 72"; lettered below image: "C.P. Marillier inv." "Dambrun sc".
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering lacking the caption, volume and page number at head.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 137 x 89 mm; sheet: 154 x 96 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print show Isaac lying on his back on a platform of logs. Abraham stands to the left of the platform with a knife in his extended right hand looking up at an angel flying low overhead.
Classification
Department