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Aaron throwing his staff down in front of Pharaoh

Maker

After

1594-1665

(etcher)
1622-1693

Title

Dimensions

Height: 55.3 cm
Width: 66.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1939.AB.88

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

Keywords

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 left: “N. Poussin Invent et Pinxit.”; lower right: “Franc. De Poilly sculpsit.”; lower left: “Aaron jetta sa Verge devant Pharaon et ses Serviteurs, et elle fut changé en Serpent. Pharaon avant/ fait venire ausi tost les Sages d’Egypte, et les Magiciens, il firent aussi la mesme chose par leurs/ Enchantements, et par les Secrets de leurs Arts. Et chacun deux avant jetté sa Verge elle furent changé/ en Serpent. Mais la Verge d’Aaron devora les Verges des Magiciens. Exod. Chapt. 7.//”; lower right: “Tulit Aaron Virgam Coram Pharaone et Servis ejus, quae versa est in columbrum. Vocavit autem Pharao/ Sapientes et Maleficos, et fecerunt etiam ipsi per incantations Aegïptiacas et arcana quaedam similiter./ Projecerunt que singuli Virgas suas quae versa sunt in Dracones: sed devoravit Virga Aaron Virgas eorum./ Exod. Cap. 7//”; lower center: “Se Vend A Paris rue Saint Iacques a la belle Image Avec Privilege du Roy.”; lower left, handwritten: “20”; lower right, handwritten: “A.47”.

Inscription: Verso: lower center, handwritten: “746/10(14)”.

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