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The Crossing of the Red Sea

Maker

After
Cesare Nebbia (artist)
ca. 1536-1614 (Life dates)

(lithographer)
1787-1865

Title

The Crossing of the Red Sea

Date of Production

1829

Medium

lithograph

Dimensions

Height: 20.1 cm
Width: 28.9 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6984.7

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: Nebbia Cesare de Orvieto del. //

Inscription: V. Denon Coll. Paris, 1829. / T.O. //

Inscription: Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. Denon. //

Inscription: heim f.t //

Label: EXPLICATION DE LA PLANCHE. / Nous supposons que le sujet du plus grand des dessins, ou plutôt des cro- / quis de notre planche, est le passage de la mer Rouge. Dans ces figures, presque / toutes chargées de bagages, qui occupent la gauche du tableau, nous croyons / reconnaître les Hébreux qui fuient de l'Égypte... //

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