Jacob and Rachel at the Well, 18th century

  • Luca Giordano, Italian, 1634-1705
  • Charles Francois Hutin, French, 1715-1776
  • Joseph Wagner, German, 1706-1780

Engraving printed in black

  • plate: 16 1/8 x 15 5/8 in. 40.9 x 39.6 cm sheet: 23 1/4 x 26 7/8 in. 59.0 x 68.2 cm

Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892

1991.38

In plate, lower left: C. Hutin del:; lower right: Wagner sculps:; in pencil preceding Wagner: Jo.; in black ink below Wagner: 1706-1780 Switz.; in plate, lower left of the bottom margin: Quadro di Luca Giordano. / cavato dalla Galleria Reale di Dresda. / Alto Piedi 7. Onc: 2. Largo Pi: 8. Onc: 2.; lower right of the bottom margin: Tableau de Luc. Jordan. / de la Gallerie Royale de Dresde. / Haut: 7. Pieds 2. Pouc: Larg: 8. Pi: 2. Pouc:; in black ink below Jordan's name, lower right: 1632-1705 / (Naples); in plate, lower left corner: T.1.; lower right corner: No. 35; in pencil, bottom center: 79; in black ink following the 79: Jacob and Rachel.; in pencil, lower right corner: 79; in black ink, lower right corner: Gift of Bela Hubbard / 1892.

Woermann, Karl, CATALOGUE OF THE ROYAL PICTURE GALLERY IN DRESDEN, Dresden: Wilhelm Hoffmann's Fine Art Works, 1899, p 314.

Joseph Wagner; after Luca Giordano; after Charles Francois Hutin, Jacob and Rachel at the Well, 18th century, Engraving printed in black. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892, 1991.38.