Isaac and Rebecca embracing with Abimelech, the King of the Philistines, spying through a Window (after Raphael)
Nicolas Chaperon (Châteaudun 1612 - Lyon 1654/56)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1649
Materials
Etching on paper
Measurements
410 x 530 mm
Place of origin
Rome
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286592.26
Summary
Etching on paper, Isaac and Rebecca embracing with Abimelech, the King of the Philistines, spying through a Window (after Raphael) by Nicholas Chaperon (Châteaudun 1612 - Lyon 1654/55), 1649. One of a series of 28 from the publication: Sacrae Historiae Acta a Raphael Urbin in Vaticanis xystis ad picturae miraculum expressa (Raphael's Bible) from the series of frescos painted by Raphael in the Logge, Vatican. Plate numbered 18 illustrating Genesis XXVI showing Isaac and Rebecca embracing with with Abimelech the King of the Philistines spying through a window. Inscribed: Prospiciens Abimelech per fenestram, uidit Isaac Jocantem cum Rebecca exore sua.
Marks and inscriptions
printed 'N.C.F' to right. (under image)
Makers and roles
Nicolas Chaperon (Châteaudun 1612 - Lyon 1654/56), engraver (printmaker)