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Peché de David et de Bethsabée [print] / C.P. Marillier inv. ; E. De Ghendt. sculp.

Accession number
PML 145500, plate 111
Creator
Ghendt, Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de, 1738-1815, engraver.
Published
[Paris : s.n., 1791]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Published caption title.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500) as plate 111, 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.
Engraving after a design by Marillier for an illustration for "La Sainte Bible" (Paris: Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, 1789), v. 3, p. 290 (facing).
Lettered below image: "C. P. Marillier inv." "E. De Ghendt. sculp."
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering, lacking the caption, volume and page number at head.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 140 x 93 mm; sheet: 154 x 98 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Bathsheba seated naked on a bench in a garden beside a bathing pool; an elderly maid kneels on the ground in front of her in order to dry her legs, as David appears behind and seizes her robes.
Classification
Department