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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R13543
People
Adriaen Collaert, Flemish (c. 1560 - 1618)
After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)
Title
Parting of Abraham and Lot ('The Quarrel between the Shepherds of Abraham and Lot')
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Scenes from Genesis (series of 8)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c.1581
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/239406

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
23.4 × 18 cm (9 3/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, bottom: Diuidit agrorum fines cum fratre prpinquos/ Lotho Abraham Mystes vinum cum pane ministrat/ Victori, anditu gaudet post osti coiunx:/ Sed natum inssu viuini numinis offert.
  • inscription: in plate, image, l.l.: M.D.Vos iuentor. E.V. hoeswinc. ex.
  • watermark: bottom: 'P'
  • inscription: bottom, cartouch, l.l., graphite: Gen. 13.9.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
only state
Standard Reference Number
Hollstein 10-17, New Hollstein I.12.7

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R13543
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
in medallions at top, left: meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek [Gen. 14:18-20], center: Abraham kneeling before the three angels [Gen. 18:2-10], right: Abraham's sacrifice to Isaac [Gen. 22:9-13]

Verification Level

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