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Object Type
print
Museum number
1869,0410.1381
Title
Object:
Estudio de medias figuras
Description
Two female figures, half-length, on white ground; at left, woman turned to right; at right, woman (Rebecca), turned to left, with hand to chest Lithograph, on chine collé (?)
Producer name
After:
Nicolas Poussin
Print made by:
Pedro Bravo
Print made by:
Francisco Cabrera
Printed by:
Real Establecimiento Litográfico
School/style
Spanish
Production date
1824-1840
(circa)
Production place
Printed in:
Madrid (city)
Materials
paper
Technique
lithograph
Dimensions
Height:
320 millimetres
(sheet)
Width:
413 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Both figures belong to a larger composition representing Eliezer and Rebecca at the well; the original painting was executed in 1648 and is now at the Musée du Louvre, Paris. There are plates reproducing the whole composition, see for instance 1852,1009.138 or 1856,0308.522. Another impression: 1877,1013.1060.
Bibliographic references
Andresen 1863 / Nicolaus Poussin - Verzeichniss der nach seinen Gemälden Gefertigten...
(not described)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Representation of:
Rebekah
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
José de Salamanca y Mayol, Marquis of Salamanca
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(24-7.ii.1869/363)
Purchased through:
Edward Daniell
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
José de Madrazo
Acquisition date
1869
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1869,0410.1381