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La fuite de Jacob / Galerie du Palais Royal

Object
print

Museum number
1855,0609.307

Title (object)
La fuite de Jacob

Title (series)
Galerie du Palais Royal

Description
Laban searching in the trunk of Jacob in a landscape, after Pietro da Cortona; with engraved text below. c.1787 Etching and engraving

Producer name
Intermediary draughtsman Antoine Borel After Pietro da Cortona Print made by Jacques Couch (engraver) Print made by Jean Baptiste Simonet (etcher)

School/style
Italian French

Date
1787

Materials
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paper

Technique
etching (term details) engraving (term details)

Dimensions
Height: 414 millimetres Width: 297 millimetres (platemark)

Inscriptions
Inscription Content Lettered with production detail: 'Peint par Pietro da Cortona / Dessin par Borel / Commenc par Simonet et et termin par J. Couch', title, and 'De la Galerie de S.A.S. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orlans', 'Ecole Romaine', 'Ier Tableau de Pietre de Cortone', dimensions of original painting, and nine lines of description in French. 'Gal. Palais Royal' stamped at the bottom.

Curator's comments
Comments

From the second volume of 'Galerie du Palais Royal', a set published between 1786 and 1808; see 1837,0408.317 for comment. For the painting, now in Bristol, see Briganti 61.

Bibliography
IFF 52

Location
Italian Masters Portfolio

Subjects
old testament

Associated names
Representation of Laban Representation of Jacob

Acquisition date
1855

Department
Prints & Drawings

Registration number
1855,0609.307

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