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Eliezer and Rebecca

Maker

After
(artist)
1594-1665

(engraver)
1610-1686

Title

Eliezer and Rebecca

Date of Production

1677

Medium

engraving
printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 44.9 cm
Width: 65 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7248

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

Literature

Prints (Re)presenting Poussin
Fig. p. p. 18, no. 22

Nicolaus Poussin - Verzeichniss der nach seinen Gemälden Gefertigten... [usually refers to Courtauld Book Library copy with Anthony Blunt's annotations when there is a letter after the number]
Fig. p. no. 12

Inscriptions

Inscription: N. Poussin Pinx. //

Inscription: Rebecca vient puiser de l'eau a la fontaine, elle y rencontre le serviteur d'Abraham , / qui luy presente des pendans d'oreille et des bracelets. Genes. chap. xxiv. / Rebecca descendit ad fontem, ocurrit ei servus Abraham, et protulit ei inaures / aureas et armillas. Genes. cap. xxiv / Ad tabulam N. Poussin, tres pedes 8 pol altam, sex pedes 8 pol latam, asservatam in Pinacothecâ regiâ / Gravé d'apres le tableau du Poussin, qui est dans le Cabinet du Roy, haut de 3 pieds 8 po. sur six pieds de large //

Inscription: G. Rousselet sculp. 1677. //

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