Accession number
PML 145499, plate 108
Creator
Niquet, Claude, ca.1770-after 1831, engraver.
Published
[Paris : Chez Filhol?, 1810]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title from inscription in Filhol.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 108, 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.
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering.
Print engraved by Niquet after painting by Poussin, published as plate 679 in v. 10 of "Galerie du Musée Napoléon" (Paris : Filhol, 1804-1828).
Inscription from Filhol - Lettered at head: A. Werff.; numbered at upper left: No. 679; lettered at upper right Ecole Françse; at lower left: Dess. par Gerod; at lower center: Gravé à l' Eau-forte par Queverdo; lower right: Ter. par Niquet.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 108, 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.
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering.
Print engraved by Niquet after painting by Poussin, published as plate 679 in v. 10 of "Galerie du Musée Napoléon" (Paris : Filhol, 1804-1828).
Inscription from Filhol - Lettered at head: A. Werff.; numbered at upper left: No. 679; lettered at upper right Ecole Françse; at lower left: Dess. par Gerod; at lower center: Gravé à l' Eau-forte par Queverdo; lower right: Ter. par Niquet.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 108 x 146 mm; sheet: 158 x 176 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows interior of classical palace, with Moses and Aaron standing at right and pointing upwards; at center, Aaron's staff has turned into a serpent and is devouring the sorcerer's snake; Pharaoh sits enthroned at left.
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