The Adoration of the Golden Calf
Maker
After
1594-1665
(engraver)
ca. 1638-1711 (Life dates)
1594-1665
(engraver)
ca. 1638-1711 (Life dates)
Title
The Adoration of the Golden Calf
Dimensions
Height: 49.1 cm
Width: 66.5 cm
Width: 66.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1939.AB.78
Mode of Acquisition
Warburg Institute, London, transfer, 1939
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Provenance
Léon Coutil, Les Andelys (1856-1943); acquired by Anthony Blunt for the Warburg Institute, 1938; transferred to The Courtauld Institute, 1939.
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower center, inside the image: “N. Poussin/ Pinx//”; lower center, inside the image: “P Monier del Step Baudet Scul”; lower right, inside the image: “Cu privil Regis”; lower left: “Ce Tableau l’un des plus excellens du Celebre Nicolas Poussin, est a present dans le Cabinet de S.A. Monseigneur le Chevalier de Lorraine a Pariset”; lower left: “a cinq pieds huict pouces de long, et quatre pieds dix pouces de haut . | . A Paris Chez Chereau rue St. Jacques au grand St. Remy.”; lower right, handwritten on the mount: “A.68”.
Inscription: Verso: lower left, handwritten on the mount: “A.68”; lower center, handwritten on the mount: “746/10(18)”.
Inscription: Verso: lower left, handwritten on the mount: “A.68”; lower center, handwritten on the mount: “746/10(18)”.
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