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Object Type
print
Museum number
R,8.152
Title
Object:
St. Paul prêchant la parole de Dieu au Peuple d'Ephése
Description
St Paul preaching to the Ephesians, with his disciples standing around him and giving alms, and men burning occult books in the foreground Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Benoît Audran I
After:
Eustache Le Sueur
Published by:
Étienne Picart
School/style
French
Production date
1678-1700
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
etching
Dimensions
Height:
566 millimetres
Width:
657 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
After a painting of which two versions are known (one in Alger, inv.2370, the other at the National Gallery of London, inv. 6299). Both seem to be a version reduced in size and with some differences of the painting executed in 1649 and now in the Louvre, Paris.
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(46)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
acts of apostles
christian saint/martyr
Associated names
Representation of:
St Paul
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode
(with initials and date 1794)
Acquisition date
1799
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
R,8.152