The Angel Promises Abraham a Son

Gerrit Claesz Bleker1638

Details

Title: The Angel Promises Abraham a Son
Creator: Gerrit Claesz Bleker
Date Created: 1638
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, upper left: “Bleker f. 1638”
Print State: First of five states, before address and before number “6” lower left
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1979
Materials & Techniques: Etching with burin work
Keywords: Abraham (Biblical), angels, Bible, goats, horses, Old Testament, religions, religious art, sheep
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 143 mm x 213 mm (5.63 in. x 8.39 in.).
Bibliography: Hollstein; Colnaghi catalogue, “Fine Prints 1496-1956” (1979), no. 36
Associated People: Created by Gerrit Claesz Bleker (Dutch, active by 1625, died 1656)
Accession Number: 1979.13.1

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