Accession number
PML 145500, plate 031
Creator
Cardano, José Maria, engraver.
Published
[Paris : Chez Filhol?, 1810]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title from inscription in Filhol.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500) as plate 31, 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.
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering.
Print engraved by Cardano after painting by La Hyre, published as plate 646 in v. 9 of "Galerie du Musée Napoléon" (Paris : Filhol, 1804-1828).
Inscription from Filhol - Lettered at head: La Hyre.; numbered at upper left: No. 646; lettered at upper right Ecole Françse; at lower left: Definé par Meunier ; lower right: Gravé par Cardano.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500) as plate 31, 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.
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering.
Print engraved by Cardano after painting by La Hyre, published as plate 646 in v. 9 of "Galerie du Musée Napoléon" (Paris : Filhol, 1804-1828).
Inscription from Filhol - Lettered at head: La Hyre.; numbered at upper left: No. 646; lettered at upper right Ecole Françse; at lower left: Definé par Meunier ; lower right: Gravé par Cardano.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 127 x 95 mm; sheet: 147 x 98 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows landscape with in the left foreground Balaam punishing his donkey, which is refusing to move after seeing the angel standing before it.
Classification
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