Manoah and his wife pray to an angel which emerges from the flame of their altar. Line engraving by L. Desplaces after C. Le Brun.

  • Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.
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Manoah and his wife pray to an angel which emerges from the flame of their altar. Line engraving by L. Desplaces after C. Le Brun. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Bible. O.T. Judges 13.20. The angel portends the birth of Samson to Manoah's wife (Judges 13.20-24)

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1 print : line engraving ; image 30.8 x 23.1 cm

References note

Marcel Roux, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, Paris 1951, tome VII, pp. 74-75, no. 3

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Wellcome Collection 18356i

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