Bathseba brengt Abisag bij David, Richard Earlom, after Adriaen van der Werff, after George Farington, 1779

Title(s)

Bathseba brengt Abisag bij David
Bathsheba bringing Abishag to David (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1886-A-10421

Catalogue reference

• Wessely (Earlom) 57-2(2)
• LeBlanc 7

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Tekst in het Engels in de ondermarge.

Artist

• print maker: Richard Earlom (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Adriaen van der Werff (mentioned on object)
• after drawing by: George Farington (mentioned on object)
• publisher: John Boydell (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1779

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 626 mm × width 457 mm

What

• Adoniah comes to Bathsheba asking for help in order to get Abishag as wife

Acquisition

purchase 20-Apr-1886

Copyright

Public domain

• Richard Earlom : Verzeichniss seiner Radirungen und Schabkunstblätter, p. 23, cat.nr. 57-II
• Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations : ouvrage destiné à faire suite au Manuel du libraire par J.Ch. Brunet, dl. 2, p. 178, cat.nr. 7