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Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet
early or mid-18th century
Jacques le jeune Chereau (Artist) French, 1688-1776 Nicolas Bertin (Artist) French, 1668-1736
Engraving and etching in black ink on sheet, attached to another sheet
Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 17 3/8 × 24 7/8 inches (44.1 × 63.2 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S278
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Markings
Inscribed, in plate, below image, lower left: Bertin pinx. et Grave par Chereau le jeune Inscribed, lower right: Sevent a Paris chez Chereau le jeune rue Saint Jacques au grand S. Remy Inscribed, in plate, left bottom margin: Exemplum dedi vobis, ut quemadmodum Ego feci vobis, | ita' et vos faciatis. Inscribed, right bottom margin: Je vous ay donne lexemple afin que pensant a ce que je | vous ay fait, vous fassies aussi de meme. En S. Jean chap. 13. v. 15.
Provenance
July 1886, H. W. Lord. Mrs. James E. Scripps [Harriet J.]
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Jacques le jeune Chereau; after Nicolas Bertin, Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet, early or mid-18th century, engraving and etching in black ink on sheet, attached to another sheet. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S278.
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