Esau trades Jacob his birthright for food
Maker
(artist)
1532-1603
(engraver)
1629-1658
1532-1603
(engraver)
1629-1658
Title
Esau trades Jacob his birthright for food
Date of Production
c.1580
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 27.5 cm
Width: 27.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2960.357
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
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner within image, black ink: ".I."; lower right corner within image, black ink: "ICVisscher excudebat. // i"; lower centre edge, black ink: "Suscipit en Esau rubicundam a fratre polentam, Cui primogeniti tradit habere decus. Genesis.25.". Mount, Recto: lower centre edge, black print: "Theatrum Biblicum, 1674. // M. de VOS (?)".
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