Accession number
PML 145500, plate 027
Creator
Dambrun, Jean, 1741- engraver.
Published
[Paris : J. Couché, between 1789 and 1808]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
Engraving evidently excised from an engraved broadside with the engraved image originally printed at head of page of descriptive text, with text and engraving enclosed in decorative border. Cf. British Museum online catalog. Consulted May 11, 2012.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500) as plate 27, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145500-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Lettered below image on left: Peint par Nicolas Poussin ; Dessiné par Bord ; Gravé par Eau-forte par Duclos, et terminé Dambrun; De la Galerie de S.A.S. Monseigneur Le Duc d'Orleans.; A.P. D.R.
From: Galerie du Palais Royal : gravée d'après les tableaux des differentes ecoles qui la composent / avec un abrégé de la vie des peintres & une description historique de chaque tableau par mr. l'abbé de Fontenai, dediée a S.A.S. monseigneur le duc d'Orleans, premier prince du sang, par J. Couché (Paris : J. Couché, 1786-1808); being a collection of 352 engravings after artwork in the collection of Philippe II, duc d'Orléans, comprising 3 volumes issued in parts between 1786 and 1808.
Library's copy has been cropped and trimmed, with loss of border and descriptive text.
Engraving evidently excised from an engraved broadside with the engraved image originally printed at head of page of descriptive text, with text and engraving enclosed in decorative border. Cf. British Museum online catalog. Consulted May 11, 2012.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500) as plate 27, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145500-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Lettered below image on left: Peint par Nicolas Poussin ; Dessiné par Bord ; Gravé par Eau-forte par Duclos, et terminé Dambrun; De la Galerie de S.A.S. Monseigneur Le Duc d'Orleans.; A.P. D.R.
From: Galerie du Palais Royal : gravée d'après les tableaux des differentes ecoles qui la composent / avec un abrégé de la vie des peintres & une description historique de chaque tableau par mr. l'abbé de Fontenai, dediée a S.A.S. monseigneur le duc d'Orleans, premier prince du sang, par J. Couché (Paris : J. Couché, 1786-1808); being a collection of 352 engravings after artwork in the collection of Philippe II, duc d'Orléans, comprising 3 volumes issued in parts between 1786 and 1808.
Library's copy has been cropped and trimmed, with loss of border and descriptive text.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image:156 x 206 mm; sheet: 188 x 218 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Shows Moses striking the Rock, after Poussin: landscape with Moses striking a rock with his staff, creating a miraculous spring, and people rushing to drink the water.
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