Melchizedek Blesses Abraham
Maker
(artist)
1794-1872
Friedrich Reusch (wood engraver)
1843-1906
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
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
Keywords
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. //
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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