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Melchizedek Blesses Abraham

Maker

(artist)
1794-1872

Friedrich Reusch (wood engraver)
1843-1906

Title

Melchizedek Blesses Abraham

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 26.5 cm
Width: 32.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5867.7

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

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : pencil : upper right margin & recto : : 9 //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right within image : on ground : F. REUSCHE. SC. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : MELCHIZEDEK BLESSETH ABRAM. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine [colon] and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him, and said, / Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth; And blessed be the most High God, which hath delivered thine / enemies into they hand. Gen. XIV. 18-20. //

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