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Jacob serves for Rachel's hand

Maker

(artist)
1532-1603

(engraver)

(publisher)
born 1509 or 1517, died 1591 (Life dates)

Title

Jacob serves for Rachel's hand

Date of Production

c.1580

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 27.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2960.355

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords












cowherd

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner within image, black ink: ".4."; lower right corner within image, black ink: "4"; lower centre edge, black ink: "Finibus ex patrijs profugo venit obuia Rachel Cognato figens oscula grata suo. Gene. 29.". Mount, Recto: lower centre edge, black ink: "Theatrum Biblicum, 1674. // M. de VOS (?)".

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