About the Artwork
Rebecca and Abraham's Servant
18th century
Charles Francois Hutin (Artist) French, 1715-1776 Joseph Wagner (Artist) German, 1706-1780 Luca Giordano (Artist) Italian, 1634-1705
Engraving printed in black on wove paper
plate: 15 5/8 x 16 1/4 in. 39.6 x 41.2 cm sheet: 22 1/4 x 25 3/8 in. 56.4 x 64.4 cm
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892
1991.39
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
In plate, lower left: C. Hutin del:; lower right: Wagner sculps:; lower left of the bottom margin: Quadro di Luca Giordano. / cavato dalla Galleria Reale di Dresda. / Alto Piedi 4. Onc: 5 1/2. Largo P.5. Onc: 2 1/2.; lower right of the bottom margin: Tableau de Luc. Jordan. / de la Gallerie Royale de Dresde. / Haut: 4. Pieds 5 1/2. Pouc: Larg: 5. Pi: 2 1/2 Pouc.; lower left corner: T. I.; lower right corner: No. 36.; in brown ink below Wagner's name, lower right: ( ) 1690; in black ink below Jordan's name, lower right of the bottom margin: 1632-1705 / Naples; bottom center of the plate: Rebecca receiving the presents from the servants of Abraham.; lower right corner of sheet: Gift of Bela Hubbard. / 1892; in pencil preceding the title in black ink and the inscription in the lower right corner of the sheet: 78
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Woermann, Karl, CATALOGUE OF THE ROYAL PICTURE GALLERY IN DRESDEN, Dresden: Wilhelm Hoffmann's Fine Art Works, 1899, p 314.
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Joseph Wagner; after Luca Giordano; after Charles Francois Hutin, Rebecca and Abraham's Servant, 18th century, Engraving printed in black on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892, 1991.39.
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