Accession number
PML 145500, plate 123
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. 2 (PML 145500) as plate 123, 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 Niquet after painting by Carracci, published as plate 454 in v. 7 of "Galerie du Musée Napoléon" (Paris : Filhol, 1804-1828).
Inscription from Filhol - Lettered at head: Ann. Carrache.; numbered at upper left: No. 454; lettered at upper right Ecole Italine; at lower left: Delé par Gregorius; at lower center: Gravé à l' Eau-forte par Pillement; lower right: Teré par Niquet.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500) as plate 123, 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 Niquet after painting by Carracci, published as plate 454 in v. 7 of "Galerie du Musée Napoléon" (Paris : Filhol, 1804-1828).
Inscription from Filhol - Lettered at head: Ann. Carrache.; numbered at upper left: No. 454; lettered at upper right Ecole Italine; at lower left: Delé par Gregorius; at lower center: Gravé à l' Eau-forte par Pillement; lower right: Teré par Niquet.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 143 x 103 mm; sheet: 198 x 132 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Absalon subspended from tree. A solider on horseback is stabbing Absalon with a spear. A single horse runs off on the lower left.
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