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Laban Defending Himself from Jacob for Having Imposed Leah upon Him in Place o
ca. 1737
Charles Nicolas, le pere Cochin (Artist) French, 1688-1764 Jean Restout (Artist) French, 1692-1768
Etching and engraving in ink on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 21 1/8 × 15 5/8 inches (53.7 × 39.7 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S307
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, in plate below image, lower right: C. N. Cochin Sculp.
Inscribed, in plate below image, lower left: Restout pinx. Inscribed, center bottom margin: LABAN S'EXCUSE ET DIT A JACOB QUE LA COUTUME DU PAIS ETANT DE MARIER LES AINEES AVANT LES CADETES, | Il a du lui donner Lia avant Rachel, qu'il lui promet au bout de 7 Jours; a condition qu'il le servira encore 7 Ans. Genese. XXIX. | Le Tableau original est dans le cabinet de Madame la Comtesse de Verrue. | Se vend chez Cochin rue St. Jacques a St. Thomas d'Aquin avec privilege du Roy.
Provenance
September 1887, C. J. Meyer (Carlsbad, possibly California, USA). Mrs. James E. Scripps [Harriet J.]
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Roux, M. Inventaire du Fonds Francais. Paris: Bibliotheque National, 1940, no. 224.
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Charles Nicolas, le pere Cochin; after Jean Restout, Laban Defending Himself from Jacob for Having Imposed Leah upon Him in Place o, ca. 1737, etching and engraving in ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S307.
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