Accession number
PML 145499, plate 106
Creator
Adam, Jakob, 1748-1811, engraver.
Published
[Vienna? : s.n., 1802]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Published caption title.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 106, 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.
A later reengraving of an engraving after a design by Marillier, originally executed for an illustration for "La Sainte Bible" (Paris: Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, 1789), v. 1, p. 209 (facing).
Signed: "Marillier del." and " I. Adam sc. Vienna 1802."; numbered at upper right: "29".
Library's copy is closely trimmed with loss of caption.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 106, 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.
A later reengraving of an engraving after a design by Marillier, originally executed for an illustration for "La Sainte Bible" (Paris: Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, 1789), v. 1, p. 209 (facing).
Signed: "Marillier del." and " I. Adam sc. Vienna 1802."; numbered at upper right: "29".
Library's copy is closely trimmed with loss of caption.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 132 x 88 mm; sheet: 138 x 94 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Moses kneeling as he covers his face with both hands. A group of sheep are in the foreground and flames issue from the burning bush at right. The original version of this design engraved by Delvaux shows a divine figure, not present here, hovering in the midst of the fire.
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