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Egyptians on horseback being drowned in the Red Sea. Colour etching by the Comte de Caylus and woodcut by N. Le Sueur after G.F. Penni, il Fattore.
- Penni, Giovanni Francesco, approximately 1496-approximately 1528.
- Date
- [1729]
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Description
Bible, O.T. Exodus 13:17-14:29.
Publication/Creation
[Paris] : [Imprimerie royale], [1729]
Physical description
1 print : etching, with woodcut, printed in colours ; platemark 22 x 35.3 cm
Lettering
Les Egyptiens submergés dans la Mer Rouge. Dessein de Jean François Penni, dit le Fattor, qui est dans le cabinet de M.r Crozat. gravé à l'eau forte par M.r le C.. de C.. et en bois sous sa conduite par Nicolas le Sueur.
Publications note
Marcel Roux, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, vol. IV, Paris 1940, p. 113, no. 366
R. Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865, no. 5888, p. 494
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 3010880i
Lettering note
Bears number: no. 75
Languages
- French
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