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Jacob benit les enfans de Joseph [print] / Rembrandt ; dessiné. par. Płoński. ; gravé par Oortman.

Accession number
PML 145499, plate 095
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 95, 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 drawing by Płoński after painting by Rembrandt, published as plate 374 in v. 6 of "Galerie du Musée Napoléon" (Paris : Filhol, 1804-1828).
Lettered at head: Rembrandt; numbered at upper left: No. 374; lettered at upper right: Ecole Flamde; at lower left: Dessine par. Płoński.; lower right: Gravé par Oortman.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 109 x 132 mm; sheet: 131 x 145 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Jacob blessing Joseph's children; the old patriarch lying in bed at left and placing his right hand above Ephraim while his brother Manasseh and his father Joseph stand by, Asnath looking on at right
Classification
Department