Abraham en Melchisedek, Hans Witdoeck, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1638

Title(s)

Abraham en Melchisedek

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-61.121

Catalogue reference

• Wurzbach 1-3(3)
• Hollstein Dutch 1

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

De hogepriester Melchisedek brengt Abraham brood en wijn. Verbeelding van de Bijbeltekst Genesis 14:18-20.

Artist

• print maker: Hans Witdoeck (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Peter Paul Rubens (mentioned on object)
• Spaanse kroon (mentioned on object)

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1638

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 405 mm × width 459 mm

What

• the meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek, the high priest and king of Salem, who brings bread and wine (Genesis 14:18-20)

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Frederick de Wit to Lieven de Witte, p. 89, cat.nr. 1
• Niederländisches Künstler-Lexikon : auf Grund archivalischer Forschungen bearbeitet : mit mehr als 3000 Monogrammen, dl. II, p. 892, cat.nr. 1