Abigail offers loaves of bread and a basket of fruit to King David in order to save the life of her husband Nabal. Engraving by E. Jeaurat, 1716, after N. Vleughels.
- Vleughels, Nicolas, 1668-1737
- Date:
- [1716]
- Reference:
- 11279i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
I Samuel 25.18-24: "Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. ... And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert on the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them. ... And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid."
Publication/Creation
A Paris (au bas des Fossez S. Victor chez M.r Le Brun audit. des comptes) : chez Jeaurat, [1716]
Physical description
1 print : engraving, and etching ; image 32.4 x 48.7 cm
Lettering
Cum autem vidisset Abigail David, festinavit et descendit de asino et procidit coram David super faciem suam. Reg. cap. 25. Abigail aiant apperçû David, descendit aussi-tost de dess... son âne, et se prosterna devant lui. au livre I des Rois, chap. 25. N. Vleughels pinx. E. Jeaurat scul. 1716
References note
Michèle Hébert, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, Paris 1973, vol. 12, Edmé Jeaurat p. 127, no. 68 ('68. Rencontre d'Abigail et de David. Sous le tr. c.: "N. Vleughels pinx. E. Jeaurat sculp. 1720". En marge, sur deux lignes: un verset du livre I des Rois, Ch. 25: "Cum autem vidisset Abigail David [etc.] — Abigail aiant apperçu David [etc.]". Au bas: "A Paris chez Jeaurat au bas des fossez S. Victor chez M r le Brun Audit, des Compt.". H. 0 m 323 x L. 0 m 483. L'état décrit … Mlle Bataille, Cat. de Vleughels, no. 21.')
Reference
Wellcome Collection 11279i
Type/Technique
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores