R13547: Abraham Sending His Servant for Rebecca

Identification and Creation

Object Number

R13547

People

Adriaen Collaert, Flemish (c. 1560 - 1618)
After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)

Title

Abraham Sending His Servant for Rebecca

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Scenes from Genesis (series of 8)

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c.1581

Culture

Netherlandish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/239408

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

26.2 × 20.5 cm (10 5/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, bottom: Chaldaeis coniux Isaaco accersitur oris:/ Patris Abrahami sic pia cura, iubet./ Illa quidem multos improles transijt annos/ Sed tandem gemina prole beata fuit.
• inscription: in plate, bottom: E. hoes[winckel] excu.
• watermark: bottom: 'P'

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

only state

Standard Reference Number

Hollstein 10-17, New Hollstein I.13.9

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall

Object Number

R13547

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

in medallions at top, left: Rebecca inviting Eliezer to drink [Gen. 24:20], center: Eliezer at Rebecca's house [Gen. 24:32-54], right: the meeting of Isaac and Rebecca [Gen. 24:64-67]

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