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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1865,0408.69
Description: Jacob drawing water from the well to water Rachel's flock. c.1636/45 Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Claude Mellan; After: Paolo Veronese; After: Jacopo Tintoretto (wrongly attributed on plate)
School/style: French
Production date: 1636-1645
Materials: paper
Technique: engraving
Dimensions: Height: 387 millimetres; Width: 426 millimetres
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Curator's comments: The original painting, attributed to Tintoretto on the plate, has since been attributed to Veronese; see Pignatti, p. 161, n.309.
Bibliographic references: IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (2); Montaiglon 1856 / Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Claude Mellan (3)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: old testament
Associated names: Associated with: Marc Antoine Lumague II; Representation of: Jacob; Representation of: Rachel
Acquisition name: Purchased from: W Durham
Acquisition date: 1865
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1865,0408.69

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