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The Israelites Gathering Manna in the Wilderness

Guillaume Chasteau, Nicolas Poussin, Goyton

The Israelites Gathering Manna in the Wilderness

1679

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Guillaume Chasteau, Nicolas Poussin, Goyton

The Israelites Gathering Manna in the Wilderness

1679

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 500 × 650 mm. (19 11/16 × 25 9/16 in.) Plate: 439 × 623 mm. (17 5/16 × 24 1/2 in.) Image: 398 × 616 mm. (15 11/16 × 24 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.14573
Sheet comprised of two parts adhered together
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1946; Garrett Collection; T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore

Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "N. Poussin, pinx"; below image, center left, in plate "Le matin la terre fut couuerte comme d'une bruyne, qui estant inconnue aux / Hebreux, leur fit dire en leur langue, Man-hu ? ce qui signifie, qu'est-ce que cela ? et / luy fit donner le nom de Manne. Exod. 16. 13. / D'apres le tableau du Poussin, qui est dans le Cabinet du Roy, de quatre peids de hault, sur six pieds trois pouces de large."; below image, center right, in plate "Mane quoque ros jacuit percircuitum castrorum; cumque operuisset superficiem terrae, apparuit / in Solitudine minutum et quasi pilotusum in Similitudinem pruinae super terram. quod cum / vidissent filii Israel, dixerunt inuicem, man-hu? quod significat, quid est hoc? Exod. 16. 13. / Ad tabulam Nic. Poussin, asseruatam in Pinacothecâ regiâ, quatuor pedes altam, latam sex pedes, tres pol(?)l(?)?"; below image, lower right, in plate "G. Chasteau, Sculp. 1680."; below image, lower right, in graphite diamond with "B(?)[indecipherable]7(?)21"

Markings: CM: Claghorn

Artist

Guillaume Chasteau

Artist

Nicolas Poussin

French, 1594-1665
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