Accession number
PML 145499, plate 065
Creator
Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598.
Published
[S.l. : s.n., 15--?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 65, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Print mounted on leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Signed within image at lower left; lettered within image at lower right, "Hac historia habetur in Sacris literis, lib. Geneseos cap:24".
Library's copy has been trimmed to image size with loss of caption text and cut into two sections to fit the dimensions of the leaf onto which it has been mounted.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 65, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Print mounted on leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Signed within image at lower left; lettered within image at lower right, "Hac historia habetur in Sacris literis, lib. Geneseos cap:24".
Library's copy has been trimmed to image size with loss of caption text and cut into two sections to fit the dimensions of the leaf onto which it has been mounted.
Description
1 print : engraving ; 55 x 378 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows the wedding of Rebecca and Isaac as a panoramic scene crowded with figures; as part of a cavalcade, Rebecca sits side-saddle on a mule in her wedding garb, while a group of guests sit in a amphitheatre and watch a group of dancers who join hands to form a ring. Evidently a reduced copy of a larger engraving, comprising four plates, previously executed by Gijsbert van Veen after Peruzzi and dated 1585.
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